Poplar Std Font

Publisher: Adobe

Poplar is an Adobe Originals typeface created by Barbara Lind in 1990 for the Adobe Wood Type series. Poplar, a Gothic condensed, was developed from photos taken by Rob Roy Kelly of the one surviving copy of an 1830 William Leavenworth type specimen book. Leavenworth possessed uncommon creative abilities, and his treatment of the letterform counters as narrow slits made it the only wood type of its kind displayed during the 19th century. Poplar is an outstanding display face, its simpleness making it useful for a broad variety of work.