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ITC Kristen and Linex Sans

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Last edited July 29, 2018
ITC Kristen
Linex Sans
safety
enthusiastic
Entering shop by stroller you decline

ITC Kristen is the work of American designer George Ryan. He describes it as "not your average text or display font." The inspiration for the design came from the handwritten menu at a neighborhood restaurant. With time, the forms moved away from the originals and towards something more like a child's scrawl. The result is singularly unique. ITC Kristen remains legible without losing any charm.

grapes
conceptional
Stop, I do not eat junk mail

Linex Sweet was designed by Albert Boton in the late 1990s. It's a smallish family of three weights; the middle weight has an italic companion face. With its soft corners and slightly quirky head-serifs, Linex Sweet is a friendly design that sees much use. Several years later, Boton began sketching a new design, based on the original Linex Sweet but with a little more authority and grace.Linex... Read More

George Ryan
ITC 1995
Albert Boton
Monotype 2003