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Memphis is a slab-serif typeface designed by Dr. Rudolf Wolf and released in 1929 by the Stempel Type Foundry. Memphis is a "geometric" slab serif, reflecting the style of German geometric sans-serifs (in particular Futura) which had attracted considerable attention, and adapting the design to the slab serif structure. Its structure is strictly monoline, with a "single-storey" 'a' similar to blackletter or handwriting, in an almost-perfect circle. It was released in several weights and with characters such as swashes, which digitisations have mostly not included.

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  • Memphis est une police d'écriture à empattement de bloc, conçue en 1929 par le docteur Rudolf Wolf et à l'origine par la Fonderie Stempel. Memphis est une police à empattement de bloc « géométrique », reflétant le style de sans-empattements géométriques allemands (en particulier Futura) qui avait attiré l'attention. Sa structure est strictement monoligne, dans un cercle presque parfait. Memphis a un nom égyptien, en référence au fait que les premières polices d'écriture à empattement de bloc étaient souvent appelés "des Égyptiennes", rappelant la typographie du XIXe siècle. (fr)
  • Memphis is a slab-serif typeface designed by Dr. Rudolf Wolf and released in 1929 by the Stempel Type Foundry. Memphis is a "geometric" slab serif, reflecting the style of German geometric sans-serifs (in particular Futura) which had attracted considerable attention, and adapting the design to the slab serif structure. Its structure is strictly monoline, with a "single-storey" 'a' similar to blackletter or handwriting, in an almost-perfect circle. It was released in several weights and with characters such as swashes, which digitisations have mostly not included. Memphis has an Egyptian name, in reference to the fact that early slab serifs were often called "Egyptians" as an exoticism by nineteenth-century typefounders. Memphis and other similar designs were popular in printing during the hot metal typesetting period and several foundries brought out similar designs or direct imitations such as Karnak and Stymie in the United States and Rosmini from Nebiolo in Italy, and (more loosely) Rockwell from Monotype. Digital designs in a similar style include Neutraface Slab and Archer. Memphis itself has been released digitally by Linotype, who licensed it from Stempel, and by Bitstream in a release including condensed weights under the name "Geometric Slabserif 703". (en)
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  • 1929 (xsd:integer)
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  • Dr. Rudolf Wolf (en)
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  • Memphis (en)
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  • Memphis est une police d'écriture à empattement de bloc, conçue en 1929 par le docteur Rudolf Wolf et à l'origine par la Fonderie Stempel. Memphis est une police à empattement de bloc « géométrique », reflétant le style de sans-empattements géométriques allemands (en particulier Futura) qui avait attiré l'attention. Sa structure est strictement monoligne, dans un cercle presque parfait. Memphis a un nom égyptien, en référence au fait que les premières polices d'écriture à empattement de bloc étaient souvent appelés "des Égyptiennes", rappelant la typographie du XIXe siècle. (fr)
  • Memphis is a slab-serif typeface designed by Dr. Rudolf Wolf and released in 1929 by the Stempel Type Foundry. Memphis is a "geometric" slab serif, reflecting the style of German geometric sans-serifs (in particular Futura) which had attracted considerable attention, and adapting the design to the slab serif structure. Its structure is strictly monoline, with a "single-storey" 'a' similar to blackletter or handwriting, in an almost-perfect circle. It was released in several weights and with characters such as swashes, which digitisations have mostly not included. (en)
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  • Memphis (police d'écriture) (fr)
  • Memphis (typeface) (en)
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