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Meyer specimen from Frost

A slightly condensed transitional serif drawn from the typographic conventions of 1970s and 80s running-shoe advertising, released in 16 styles across 8 weights.

About

Inspired by the editorial typography of American sneaker advertising from the 1970s and 80s, Meyer combines traditional serif construction with gothic-esque details and slightly condensed proportions. The family spans Light to Black with matching italics and includes a notable set of OpenType features: uppercase discretionary ligatures, alternate umlaut accents placed within character counters, circled numerals and a broad arrow set. Language support extends across a wide range of Latin-script languages, from Afrikaans to Slovenian.

Classification

The foundry explicitly describes Meyer as a transitional serif, with characteristics drawn from traditional and gothic-esque serifs. Its slightly condensed proportions and references to 1970s–80s advertising typography place it firmly in the transitional category.

Weights

LightBookRegularMediumSemiboldBoldHeavyBlack

Languages

Latin Extended

Tags

transitionalserifadvertisingeditorialcondensedretrorunning1980s