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Rotis

Rotis is a typeface developed in 1988 by Otl Aicher, a German graphic designer and typographer.

About Rotis

Rotis is a typeface developed in 1988 by Otl Aicher, a German graphic designer and typographer. In Rotis, Aicher explores an attempt at maximum legibility through a highly unified yet varied typeface family that ranges from full serif, glyphic, and sans-serif. The four basic Rotis variants are: Rotis serif (antiqua) — with full serifs Rotis semi-serif (semi-antiqua) — with hinted serifs Rotis semi-sans (semi-grotesque) — with zero serifs but with width variation Rotis sans (lineale humanist sans-serif) — with zero serifs and with minimal variation on stroke width

From the Wikipedia article “Rotis”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Using Rotis in a book

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