Alfios by George Douros of Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts is a free high-contrast serif font with stately proportions and a distinctly inscriptional bearing. Long, fine serifs sharpen its broad, upright letterforms.
Book covers are its clearest setting, especially for classical studies, museum programs, and historical exhibition graphics, where the upright forms echo carved titles and formal plaques. In editorial design, it can give section openers, art catalogs, and cultural essays a scholarly voice without resorting to blackletter or decorative excess.
Lowercase upright Greek were designed in 1805 by Firmin Didot (1764 1836) and cut by Walfard and Vibert. The typeface, together with a complete printing house, was donated in 1821 to the new Greek state by Didots son, Ambroise Firmin Didot (1790 1876). Lowercase italic Greek were designed in 1802 by Richard Porson (1757 1808) and cut by Richard Austin. They were first used by Cambridge University Press in 1810. Capitals, Latin and Cyrillic, as well as the complete bold weights, have been designed in an attempt to create a well-balanced font. The font covers the Windows Glyph List, Greek Extended, various typographic extras and some Open Type features (Numerators, Denominators, Fractions, Old Style Figures, Historical Forms, Stylistic Alternates, Ligatures); it is available in regular, italic, bold and bold italic.
Información ampliada de la fuente
Plataformas compatibles
PlataformaCodificación
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semántica
MacintoshRomano
MicrosoftSólo unicode BMP
MicrosoftUnicode - repertorio completo
Detalles de la fuente
Creada2009-10-01
Revisión1
Número de glifos1256
Unidades por em1000
Permisos de incrustaciónIncrustación para la instalación permanente
Clase de familiaSerifas antiguas
GrosorMedia (normal)
AnchuraMediana (normal)
Tipo de anchuraNormal
Estilo MacNegrita
DirecciónSólo glifos muy de izquierda a derecha + contiene los neutrales
Naturaleza del patrónOrdinario
EstiloItálico
Grosor del trazoNormal
EspaciadoNo monoespaciado
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