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VAG Rounded
VAG Rundschrift or VAG Rounded (Rundschrift is German for 'round typeface', short of abgerundete Schrift, 'rounded typeface') is a geometric sans-serif typeface that was designed as a corporate typographic voice for the Volkswagen AG motor manufacturer.
About VAG Rounded
VAG Rundschrift or VAG Rounded (Rundschrift is German for 'round typeface', short of abgerundete Schrift, 'rounded typeface') is a geometric sans-serif typeface that was designed as a corporate typographic voice for the Volkswagen AG motor manufacturer. It resembles Futura, but features rounded terminals on all strokes. Volkswagen stopped using the VAG Rounded family in the early 1990s, and it is widely available today, licensed through Adobe Systems.
From the Wikipedia article “VAG Rounded”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using VAG Rounded in a book
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Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q2505388 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).