Guardian Egyptian
Commercial Type · Paul Barnes, Christian Schwartz
The Egyptian half of the Guardian newspaper system, an editorial slab in Headline and Text optical sizes built for serious news work.
About
An editorial slab serif designed by Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz for Mark Porter's redesign of the Guardian newspaper, with help from Panagiotis Haratzopoulos and Ilya Ruderman on the Greek and Cyrillic. Guardian Egyptian sits in two optical sizes, Headline and Text, with weights running from Hairline through to Black with matching italics. Built to cover everything from serious news headlines to expressive features and long-form text, and pairs natively with Guardian Sans and Guardian Agate.
Classification
Commercial Type frame Guardian Egyptian as the Egyptian half of the Guardian newspaper system designed for Mark Porter, with a Headline Egyptian and a Text Egyptian sitting alongside Guardian Sans and Guardian Agate.