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In typography, Erbar or Erbar-Grotesk was the first geometric sans-serif typeface ever created. Designer Jakob Erbar's aim was to design a printing type which would be free of all individual characteristics, possess thoroughly legible letter forms, and be a purely typographic creation. His conclusion was that this could only work if the type form was developed from a fundamental element, the circle.〔Tracy, Walter.''Letters of Credit: a View of Type Design''. Gordon Fraser, 1998〕 ==The font== ''Erbar'' was originally cast by the Ludwig & Mayer foundry of Frankfurt, Germany, with machine composition matrices later being offered by German and then American Linotype.〔Jaspert, Pincus, Berry and Johnson.''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces''. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. Pp. 269-70〕 ''Erbar'' was later exported to the United States and sold by the Continental Type Founders Association.〔Specimen Book of Continental Types, Continental Type Founders Association, N.Y.C., 1929.〕 A digital version is sold today by Linotype. ''Erbar'' was cast in four weights with italic and condensed faces. Other variants were offered: * ''Lumina,'' an open face version. * ''Lux,'' a version with contrasting outlines. * ''Phosphor,'' a bold, in-line version.〔Jaspert, Pincus, Berry and Johnson.''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces''. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. Pp. 269-70〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Erbar (typeface)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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