Amerigo BT
Bitstream · Gerard Unger
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Gerard Unger's original Bitstream commission, a tapered-stroke serif designed for low-resolution digital output.
About
Amerigo BT was designed by Gerard Unger for Bitstream as one of the foundry's original commissions. Unger employed tapered strokes specifically to improve legibility at the lower resolutions typical of early digital output devices. The face was significant during the desktop publishing era as a quality serif option designed for digital from the ground up.
Classification
Original Bitstream commission by Dutch type designer Gerard Unger. Designed with tapered strokes for performance at lower resolutions, contributing to the desktop publishing revolution.
Weights
RomanMediumBold
Languages
Latin
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