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| Category | Calligraphic, humanist, sans-serif |
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| Designer(s) | Warren Chappell |
| Foundry | ATF |
Lydian is a calligraphic humanist sans-serif [1] typeface designed by Warren Chappell for American Type Founders in 1938. It is available in bold, italic, and condensed, [2] as well as in a Cursive variant. [3] The original foundry font was commissioned and cast by American Type Founders and included a stylistic alternate, a capital ‹A› with a cross bar. [4] It was named after the designer's wife. [1] It is famously used as the font for the end credits on the TV show Friends
The various members of the family were introduced over the course of eight years:
- Lydian Italic (1938)
- Lydian Bold Italic (1938)
- Lydian Cursive (1940)
- Lydian Condensed Italic (1946)
References
- ^ a b Tiffany, Kaitlyn (2019-01-17). "This font you know from old pulp novels is all over new books". Vox. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Lydian™ Font Family". Fonts.com. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ "Lydian Cursive". MyFonts. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ^ "American Type Founders typeface showing card Lydian ca 1940s". The Jumping Frog. American Type Founders. Retrieved 2019-05-19.