Poynter Serif

Font Bureau · Tobias Frere-Jones · 1997

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The transitional serif companion within the Poynter Design Group, designed for contemporary newspaper editorial use at text and display sizes.

About

Poynter Serif provides a transitional-style alternative within the Poynter system, offering more modern letterform proportions alongside the oldstyle companion. Text and Display versions are calibrated for their respective size ranges. Designed by Tobias Frere-Jones for the Poynter Institute programme.

Classification

Transitional serif from the Poynter Design Group; modern proportions for contemporary editorial use; companion to Poynter Gothic

Weights

RegularMediumBold

Optical sizes and widths

TextDisplay

Languages