The “Revival” of Slab-Serif Typefaces in the Twentieth Century

This essay evaluates the formal characteristics of slab-serif typefaces and focuses on the evolutions of their form and use. It begins with a short historical survey of the early development of slab-serif typefaces in the nineteenth century and then examines the reinvention of the slab-serif idea in the twentieth century.


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