A2 Standard is a collection of fonts commissioned by the Evening Standard as part of their 2017–18 redesign. The bespoke font system comprises; Serif Text, Display, Sans, Sans Condensed, and Extra Condensed, with a special ‘Splash’ font for front pages – a total of 58 interconnected fonts. The Evening Standard is a free daily newspaper published in 850,000 copies, Monday to Friday, in tabloid format in London. It is the primary local evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London finance.
| Font name: | A2 Standard |
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| Font category: |
Sans/Grotesque
Serif/Slab |
| Styles: | SPLASH Light SPLASH Medium SPLASH Bold SPLASH Extrabold SPLASH Black Engraved Bold Text Light Text Light Italic Text Regular Text Italic Text Medium Text Medium Italic Text Bold Text Bold Italic Text Extrabold Text Extrabold Italic Text Black Text Black Italic Display Light Display Light Italic Display Regular Display Italic Display Medium Display Medium Italic Display Bold Display Bold Italic Display Extrabold Display Extrabold Italic Display Black Display Black Italic Sans Thin Sans Thin Italic Sans Light Sans Light Italic Sans Regular Sans Italic Sans Medium Sans Medium Italic Sans Bold Sans Bold Italic Sans Extrabold Sans Extrabold Italic Sans Heavy Sans Heavy Italic Sans Cond Thin Sans Cond Light Sans Cond Regular Sans Cond Medium Sans Cond Bold Sans Cond Extrabold Sans Cond Heavy Sans XCond Thin Sans XCond Light Sans XCond Regular Sans XCond Medium Sans XCond Bold Sans XCond Extrabold Sans XCond Heavy |
| Script: | Latin |
| Languages: | Afrikaans, Albanian, Asu, Basque, Bemba, Bena, Bosnian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chiga, Colognian, Cornish, Corsican, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, Ganda, German, Gusii, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ido, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Interlingua, Irish, Italian, Javanese, Jju, Jola-Fonyi, Kabuverdianu, Kalenjin, Kinyarwanda, Kurdish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Low German, Lower Sorbian, Luo, Luxembourgish, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Manx, Maori, Morisyen, North Ndebele, Northern Sami, Northern Sotho, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Nyanja, Nyankole, Occitan, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Romansh, Rombo, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Shambala, Shona, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, South Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Swiss German, Taita, Taroko, Teso, Tsonga, Tswana, Turkish, Upper Sorbian, Vunjo, Walloon, Welsh, Western Frisian, Wolof, Xhosa, Zulu |
| Manufacturer: | A2-TYPE |
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| Designer: | Henrik Kubel |
| Year: |
2019 |
| Copyright: | © A2-TYPE |
| Trademark: | A2 Standard is a trademark of A2-TYPE |
| Licence: | Terms and conditions |
| Glyph count: | 515 |
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