Excelsior

Designed by Chauncey H. Griffith in 1931. Published by Linotype.

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

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Bei jedem klugen Wort von Sokrates ruft Xanthippe zynisch: Quatsch! Dabei grüßt die Quellnixe freundlich am Bach. Verflixt öde …

Excelsior supports up to 89 different languages such as Spanish, English, Portuguese, Russian, German, French, Turkish, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, Kurdish (Latin), Romanian, Dutch, Hungarian, Kazakh (Latin), Serbian (Latin), Serbian (Cyrillic), Czech, Bulgarian, Swedish, Belarusian (Latin), Belarusian (Cyrillic), Croatian, Slovak, Finnish, Danish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Slovenian, Irish, Estonian, Basque, Luxembourgian, and Icelandic in Latin, Cyrillic, and other scripts.

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Supports 59 different languages:

A
Afar
Afrikaans
Albanian
Asturian
B
Basque
Belarusian (Cyrillic)
Breton
C
Catalan
Cornish
Corsican
D
Danish
Dutch
E
English
Erzya
F
Faroese
Fijian
Finnish
French
Frisian
Friulian
G
Gaelic (Scottish)
Galician
German
I
Icelandic
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
K
Karachay-Balkar
Kinyarwanda (Ruanda)
Kirundi (Rundi)
Kumyk
L
Ladin
Luxembourgian
M
Malay (Latin)
Moksha
N
Norwegian
O
Occitan
Oromo (Afan, Galla)
P
Papiamentu
Portuguese
Q
Quechua
R
Rhaeto-Romance
Russian
Rusyn
S
Sardinian
Serbian (Cyrillic)
Shona
Somali
Spanish
Swahili (Kiswahili)
Swedish
T
Tagalog
Tsonga
Tswana
U
Uighur
Ukrainian
W
Walloon
X
Xhosa
Z
Zulu

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Phlegmatics

Numbers other Forms

Fractions

Replaces figures separated by a slash with 'common' (diagonal) fractions.

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Ordinals

Replaces characters with ordinal forms for use after figures.

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Standard Ligatures

Replaces a sequence of glyphs with a ligature. Active by default.

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Excellence is not a skill. It’s an attitude.

— Ralph Marston

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Latin Math & Numbers Symbols Latin Extended Greek Cyrillic Private Use Area Unencoded Glyphs

Punctuation

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"

#

%

&

'

(

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*

,

-

.

/

:

;

?

@

[

\

]

^

_

`

{

}

¡

§

¨

¯

´

¶

·

¸

¿

–

—

‚

„

†

‡

•

…

‰

Uppercase

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Lowercase

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

Modifiers

ˆ

ˇ

ˉ

˘

˙

˚

˛

˜

˝

Ligatures

ﬁ

ﬂ

Currency

$

¢

£

¤

¥

€

Symbols

+

<

=

>

|

~

¬

±

×

÷

Decimal

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Other

²

³

¹

¼

½

¾

Mathematical Operators

⁄

∂

∆

∏

∑

−

∕

∙

√

∞

∫

≈

≠

≤

≥

Miscellaneous

¦

©

®

°

Letterlike

ℓ

№

™

Ω

℮

Geometric Shapes

◊

Lowercase

µ

ß

à

á

â

ã

ä

å

æ

ç

è

é

ê

ë

ì

í

î

ï

ð

ñ

ò

ó

ô

õ

ö

ø

ù

ú

û

ü

ý

þ

ÿ

ı

ł

œ

š

ž

ƒ

Uppercase

À

Á

Â

Ã

Ä

Å

Æ

Ç

È

É

Ê

Ë

Ì

Í

Î

Ï

Ð

Ñ

Ò

Ó

Ô

Õ

Ö

Ø

Ù

Ú

Û

Ü

Ý

Þ

Ł

Œ

Š

Ÿ

Ž

Uppercase

Ω

Lowercase

μ

π

Uppercase

Ё

Ђ

Ѓ

Є

Ѕ

І

Ї

Ј

Љ

Њ

Ћ

Ќ

Ў

Џ

А

Б

В

Г

Д

Е

Ж

З

И

Й

К

Л

М

Н

О

П

Р

С

Т

У

Ф

Х

Ц

Ч

Ш

Щ

Ъ

Ы

Ь

Э

Ю

Я

Ѣ

Ѳ

Ѵ

Ґ

Lowercase

а

б

в

г

д

е

ж

з

и

й

к

л

м

н

о

п

р

с

т

у

ф

х

ц

ч

ш

щ

ъ

ы

ь

э

ю

я

ё

ђ

ѓ

є

ѕ

і

ї

ј

љ

њ

ћ

ќ

ў

џ

ѣ

ѳ

ѵ

ґ

ә

Other Private Use

































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Before designing this font, C.H. Griffith consulted the results of a survey of optometrists regarding optimal legibility. Excelsior font was then presented by Mergenthaler Linotype in 1931 and remains one of the most legible and popular fonts worldwide.

Excelsior has 6 Styles

Excelsior®

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Available scripts

Supports 89 different languages such as Spanish, English, Portuguese, Russian, German, French, Turkish, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, Kurdish (Latin), Romanian, Dutch, Hungarian, Kazakh (Latin), Serbian (Latin), Serbian (Cyrillic), Czech, Bulgarian, Swedish, Belarusian (Latin), Belarusian (Cyrillic), Croatian, Slovak, Finnish, Danish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Slovenian, Irish, Estonian, Basque, Luxembourgian, and Icelandic in Latin, Cyrillic, and other scripts. (Please note that not all languages are available for all formats.)

Published by

Linotype

End User License Agreement for Excelsior

Designed by

Chauncey H. Griffith

Typefaces

Designers

Foundries

Excelsior

Cyrillic Upright

Cyrillic Inclined

Roman

Italic

Bold

Cyrillic Bold

Languages

Supports 59 different languages: