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History is a collection of layering typefaces inspired by the evolution of typography. All 21 styles share widths and other metric information so that they can be recombined and layered. History has the potential to generate thousands of different unique styles.

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Active LayersHistory 15 + 04
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Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Active LayersHistory 01 + 11
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Bengaluru
Bengaluru
Bengaluru
Active LayersHistory 01 + 04
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Active LayersHistory 01 + 03 + 10
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Damascus
Damascus
Damascus
Damascus
Active LayersHistory 14 + 13
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Active LayersHistory 12 + 13
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Fortaleza
Fortaleza
Fortaleza
Active LayersHistory 21 + 19
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Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Active LayersHistory 01 + 10
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Active LayersHistory 03 + 01 + 17
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Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul
Active LayersHistory 01 + 17
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Active LayersHistory 04 + 15
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Kathmandu
Kathmandu
Kathmandu
Active LayersHistory 16 + 06
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Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Active LayersHistory 05 + 06
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Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo
Active LayersHistory 06 + 13
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New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi
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Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou
Active LayersHistory 20 + 19
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Providence
Providence
Providence
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Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec City
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Reykjavík
Reykjavík
Reykjavík
Reykjavík
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Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Active LayersHistory 20 + 07
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Toronto
Toronto
Toronto
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Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar
Active LayersHistory 02 + 03
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Varanasi
Varanasi
Varanasi
Active LayersHistory 04 + 11
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Wellington
Wellington
Wellington
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Xiangfang
Xiangfang
Xiangfang
Active LayersHistory 03 + 09 + 18
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Yokohama
Yokohama
Yokohama
Yokohama
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Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza

Design concept

Based on a skeleton of Roman inscriptional capitals, History includes 21 layers inspired by the evolution of typography. These 21 independent typefaces share widths and other metric information so that they can be recombined. Thus History has the potential to generate thousands of different unique styles. History is available as a collection of 21 OpenType fonts that can be used just like any other fonts. Read more about the background of developing History.

History, design concept

Layering

History is a layering typeface system, where each of the 21 layers is compatible with any other layer, and can be superimposed to create new graphic possibilities. The most interesting things happen when various seemingly incompatible elements are combined. Try combining pixel letters with Didot-like serifs, or put 19th-century slab serifs on top of a renaissance construction. While careless use can generate freakish results resembling Frankenstein’s monster, more careful experimentation can produce not only amusing, but also surprisingly fresh and usable typeface samples.

History typeface, layers

  • Released2008

Cyrillic

  • Abaza
  • Balkar
  • Belarusian
  • Bosnian
  • Bulgarian
  • Crimean Tatar
  • Kumyk
  • Macedonian
  • Montenegrin
  • Mordvin (Erzya)
  • Mordvin (Moksha)
  • Nogai
  • Russian
  • Rusyn
  • Serbian

Latin

  • Achinese
  • Adara
  • Afar
  • Afrikaans
  • Alago
  • Albanian
  • Alekano
  • Aleut
  • Anaang
  • Ao Naga
  • Arabic, Chadian Spoken
  • Aragonese
  • Aromanian
  • Asu
  • Awak
  • Aymara
  • Balinese
  • Banda, West Central
  • Bangwinji
  • Bapuku
  • Basque
  • Batak Toba
  • Bedawiyet
  • Bemba
  • Bena
  • Bench
  • Benga
  • Bikol
  • Bilen
  • Bislama
  • Bokobaru
  • Bosnian
  • C’Lela
  • Cahungwarya
  • Catalan
  • Cebuano
  • Chamorro
  • Chiduruma
  • Chiga
  • Chimborazo Highland Quichua
  • Chokwe
  • Chuukese
  • Colognian
  • Comorian, Latin
  • Cornish
  • Corsican
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dawro
  • Delaware
  • Dikaka
  • Dutch
  • Embu
  • English
  • Esperanto
  • Estonian
  • Faroese
  • Fijian
  • Filipino
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Frisian
  • Friulian
  • Fuliiru
  • Galician
  • Gamo
  • German
  • Gheg Albanian
  • Gikuyu
  • Gofa
  • Greenlandic
  • Gusii
  • Gyele
  • Haitian
  • Hiligaynon
  • Hmong
  • Hopi
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Iloko
  • Indonesian
  • Innu
  • Interlingua
  • Irish Gaelic
  • Italian
  • Izere
  • Jamaican Creole English
  • Javanese
  • Kabuverdianu
  • Kalenjin
  • Kamba
  • Karelian
  • Kashubian
  • Khasi
  • Kimbundu
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Kiribati
  • Kirundi
  • Kombe
  • Kongo
  • Kunama
  • Kurdish
  • Kutu
  • Kwanyama
  • Kwere
  • Kʼicheʼ
  • Lamba
  • Latgalian
  • Latin
  • Latvian
  • Lele
  • Ligurian
  • Lithuanian
  • Lombard
  • Low German
  • Lower Sorbian
  • Luba-Kasai
  • Luguru
  • Luo
  • Luwo
  • Luxemburgish
  • Luyia
  • Machame
  • Makhuwa
  • Makhuwa-Meetto
  • Makonde
  • Malagasy
  • Malay
  • Maltese
  • Mambila, Nigeria
  • Manx
  • Māori
  • Mapuche
  • Meru
  • Minangkabau
  • Mirandese
  • Mohawk
  • Montenegrin
  • Morisyen
  • Muscogee
  • Mwani
  • Nara
  • Ndamba
  • Ndebele (Northern)
  • Ndebele (Southern)
  • Ndonga
  • Neapolitan
  • Ngindo
  • Ngulu
  • Niuean
  • Norwegian
  • Novial
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako
  • Nyankole
  • Occitan
  • Ogbah
  • Oromo
  • Palauan
  • Pampanga
  • Papiamento
  • Pedi
  • Picard
  • Piedmontese
  • Pogolo
  • Pohnpeian
  • Pökoot
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punu
  • Rarotongan
  • Rendille
  • Reshe
  • Rhaeto-Romanic
  • Rigwe
  • Rinconada Bikol
  • Romanian
  • Rombo
  • Rwa
  • Samburu
  • Sámi (Lule)
  • Sámi (Southern)
  • Samoan
  • Sango
  • Sangu
  • Sardinian
  • Sassarese Sardinian
  • Scottish Gaelic
  • Sena
  • Serbian
  • Seri
  • Seychelles Creole
  • Shambala
  • Shona
  • Silesian
  • Slovak
  • Slovene
  • Soga
  • Somali (Latin)
  • Soninke
  • Sotho
  • Spanish
  • Sranan Tongo
  • Suba
  • Sundanese
  • Swahili
  • Swahili, Congo
  • Swati
  • Swedish
  • Swiss German
  • Tahitian
  • Taita
  • Takwane
  • Talinga-Bwisi
  • Tedim Chin
  • Tetum
  • Tiv
  • Tok Pisin
  • Tokelauan
  • Tsonga
  • Tsuvadi
  • Tswana
  • Tula
  • Tumbuka
  • Turkmen
  • Uab Meto
  • Uighur
  • Upper Sorbian
  • ut-Ma’in
  • Venetian
  • Veps
  • Vidunda
  • Volapük
  • Võro
  • Vunjo
  • Walloon
  • Walser
  • Waray
  • Warlpiri
  • Wayuu
  • Welsh
  • Wendat
  • West Albay Bikol
  • Wolaytta
  • Xhosa
  • Yao
  • Yapese
  • Yasa
  • Yucateco
  • Zande
  • Zayse
  • Zigula
  • Zulu