Fairfield (typeface)

Fairfield (typeface)

"Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2007 May 15Fairfield is an old style serif typeface designed by Rudolph Ruzicka as a text font. Released in 1940, its design is rooted in the forms of Venecian Old Face types. Fairfield Medium was released in 1947.

Ruzicka on the typeface: "The limitations accepted were those tending to the greatest economy of means, rather than those supposedly inherent in the machine. For this reason ligatures (which only add to the number of characters) were confined to the f combinations required by usage. The lowercase f’s, both roman and italic, fit not only all the characters, but even themselves – the twenty six leaden soldiers could fight their battles untied yet in accord."

Linotype has redone and expanded upon the typeface.

William Gaddis' book of essays "The Test of Time" is printed in Fairfield.


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