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Heliotrope

MB Type · Matthew Butterick

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Heliotrope specimen from MB Type

A text serif from MB Type designed for long-form reading in digital and print environments.

About

A transitional-style text serif built for sustained reading, with proportions and spacing calibrated for body copy at small sizes. The sample text draws from an OSS field manual, suggesting a functional, no-nonsense design ethos. Part of MB Type's library of typefaces aimed at professional publishing and document typography.

Classification

Heliotrope presents characteristics consistent with a transitional serif: moderate contrast, bracketed serifs and a rational structure suited to extended text reading at small sizes.

Weights

RegularBold

Languages

Latin

Tags

seriftexttransitionalbookreadingeditorial