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FF Govan

Designed by Erik Spiekermann and Ole Schäfer in 2001. Published by FontFont.

Starts at $39.99 for a single style and is available for:
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J’ai vu un punk afghan et deux clowns aux Monsieur Jack. Où l'obèse jury mûr? Mon pauvre zébu ankylosé choque deux fois ton wagon jaune.
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J’ai vu un punk afghan et deux clowns aux Monsieur Jack. Où l'obèse jury mûr? Mon pauvre zébu ankylosé choque deux fois ton wagon jaune.
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J’ai vu un punk afghan et deux clowns aux Monsieur Jack. Où l'obèse jury mûr? Mon pauvre zébu ankylosé choque deux fois ton wagon jaune.
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J’ai vu un punk afghan et deux clowns aux Monsieur Jack. Où l'obèse jury mûr? Mon pauvre zébu ankylosé choque deux fois ton wagon jaune.
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J’ai vu un punk afghan et deux clowns aux Monsieur Jack. Où l'obèse jury mûr? Mon pauvre zébu ankylosé choque deux fois ton wagon jaune.
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J’ai vu un punk afghan et deux clowns aux Monsieur Jack. Où l'obèse jury mûr? Mon pauvre zébu ankylosé choque deux fois ton wagon jaune.

FF Govan supports up to 50 different languages such as Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Irish, Basque, Icelandic, and Luxembourgian in Latin and other scripts.

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Piña
Mjedër
Piikikäs päärynä
Blåbär
Pêche
Maçã
Jarðarber

Languages

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Supports 50 different languages:

  • A
  • Afar
  • Afrikaans
  • Albanian
  • Asturian
  • B
  • Basque
  • Breton
  • C
  • Catalan
  • Cornish
  • Corsican
  • D
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • E
  • English
  • F
  • Faroese
  • Fijian
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Frisian
  • Friulian
  • G
  • Gaelic (Scottish)
  • Galician
  • German
  • I
  • Icelandic
  • Indonesian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • K
  • Kinyarwanda (Ruanda)
  • Kirundi (Rundi)
  • L
  • Ladin
  • Luxembourgian
  • M
  • Malay (Latin)
  • N
  • Norwegian
  • O
  • Occitan
  • Oromo (Afan, Galla)
  • P
  • Papiamentu
  • Portuguese
  • Q
  • Quechua
  • R
  • Rhaeto-Romance
  • S
  • Sardinian
  • Shona
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Swahili (Kiswahili)
  • Swedish
  • T
  • Tagalog
  • Tsonga
  • Tswana
  • U
  • Uighur
  • W
  • Walloon
  • X
  • Xhosa
  • Z
  • Zulu
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Phlegmatics
Ordinals
| 1a2o
| 1a2o
Replaces characters with ordinal forms for use after figures.
Case-Sensitive Forms
| (H-o)
| (H-o)
Shifts punctuation up to a position that works better with all-caps text.
Standard Ligatures
| flfi
| flfi
Replaces a sequence of glyphs with a ligature. Active by default.
Superscript
| 123
| 123
Replaces character with superscript version.

FF Govan is a small family of chunky sanses in three widths. In 1999, Glasgow was designated the UK City of Architecture and Design. MetaDesign performed a great degree of creative work for this campaign, including this typeface, designed by Erik Spiekermann and Ole Schäfer. In design history, Glasgow is famous for the art nouveau work of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928). While conducting the inial studies typeface that would become FF Govan, Schäfer chanced upon a memo from Prof. Andy MacMillian of the Mackintosh School of Architecture that described Glasgow as “Scottish in its stone, European in its urban pedigree, American in its gridiron plan.” This laid out a conceptual framework for the design. It was important that the Glasgow typeface be flexible. FF Govan ties together contemporary sans letterforms with elements that hint toward Mackintosh’s lettering. The fonts include a number of alternates, ligatures, and icons, useful for wayfinding signage. The OpenType versions of FF Govan include a number of alternate features initially made as separate variants, including ascenders and descenders of differing length.

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It is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government.
— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
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Punctuation
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/
:
;
?
@
[
\
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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
ʻ
ʼ
ˆ
ˇ
ˉ
˘
˙
˚
˛
˜
˝
Combining Diacritical Marks
̀
́
̂
̃
̄
̆
̇
̈
̊
̋
̌
̒
̦
̧
Ligatures
Currency
$
¢
£
¤
¥
Symbols
+
<
=
>
|
~
¬
±
×
÷
Decimal
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Other
²
³
¹
¼
½
¾
Mathematical Operators
Superscripts and Subscripts
Number Forms
Miscellaneous
¦
©
®
°
Letterlike
Arrows
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
ȷ
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
Δ
Ω
Lowercase
μ
π
Number Other
Number Other
Other Private Use
FF Govan has 3 Styles