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General Type Studio General Grotesque Aa Aa Aa Mm Designed by Stéphane Elbaz, The term Neo-grotesque appears in the late 1950’s to define an evolution in late Released in 2019. 19th century sans serifs. Nowadays it seems to describe solely how Neue Haas Grotesk¹ differs from its direct predecessors. While steering away from the Fifties canonic and ideologic components, General Grotesque reassesses the neo-grotesque type category. A contemporary rearticulation of multiple ele- ments inherited from the late 19th and early 20th century with moderately high waisted crossbars (E,F or G) combined to constructed shapes (r,t,f,y and fig- ures) and a nod to the backslanted 19th century cartography fonts. The family includes a large range of weights, a reclined and a monospaced version. 1. Neue Haas Grotesk is the original release name of Helvetica when published in 1957 by the Haas Type Foundry. Informational purposes only. ©2019, generaltypestudio.com General Grotesque 2 ● Styles overview General Grotesque Thin General Grotesque Thin Italic General Grotesque Thin Reclined General Grotesque Light General Grotesque Light Italic General Grotesque Light Reclined General Grotesque Regular General Grotesque Italic General Grotesque Reclined General Grotesque Book General Grotesque Book Italic General Grotesque Book Reclined General Grotesque Demi General Grotesque Demi Italic General Grotesque Demi Reclined General Grotesque Bold General Grotesque Bold Italic General Grotesque Bold Reclined General Grotesque ExtraBold General Grotesque ExBold Italic General Grotesque ExBold Reclined General Grotesque Heavy General Grotesque Heavy Italic General Grotesque Heavy Reclined General Type Studio Informational purposes only. ©2019, generaltypestudio.com General Grotesque 3 ● Styles overview General Grotesque Mono Thin General Grotesque Mono Light General Grotesque Mono Regular General Grotesque Mono Book General Grotesque Mono Demi General Grotesque Mono Bold General Grotesque Mono ExtraBold General Grotesque Mono Heavy General Type Studio Informational purposes only. ©2019, generaltypestudio.com General Grotesque 4 ● Character set Uppercase ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Lowercase abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Standard punctuation &?!¿¡.,:;•'"“”‘’‚„…_|¦§¶†‡* ‹«»›·-–—()[]{}@ Uppercase punctuation ¿¡‹«»›����������� Stylistic alternates agy Proportional lining figures (default) #€$¢£ƒ¥00123456789 Proportional old style figures #€$¢£ƒ¥00123456789 Tabular lining figures #€$¢£ƒ¥00123456789 Tabular old style figures #€$¢£ƒ¥00123456789 Numerator / Denominator 0123456789/0123456789 Prebuilt fractions / percents ½¼¾ %‰ %‰ Superscript / Inferior ⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹+−=⁽⁾₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉+−=₍₎ Superior alphabet abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz agy Math and miscellaneous symbols ∆Ω∂∫∑∏πµ¤−+×÷=≠±√^<>≤≥~≈�¬∞ℓ°℮©®℗™ªº№ Accentuated letters ÀÁÂÃÄĀĂÅǺĄÆǼĆĈČĊÇĎĐÈÉÊĚËĒĔĖĘlĜĞĠĢĤĦÌÍÎĨÏĪĬ İĮIJĴĶĹĽĻŁĿŃŇÑŅÒÓÔÕÖŌŎŐØǾŒŔŘŖSSŚŜŠŞȘŤŢŦÙ ÚÛŨÜŪŬŮŰŲẀẂŴẄỲÝŶŸŹŽŻŊÐÞÀÁÂÃÄĀĂÅǺĄ àáâãä āăåǻąæǽćĉčċçďđèéêěëēĕėęĝğġģĥħìíîĩïīĭįıijĵķĺľļłŀńňñņò óôõöōŏőøǿœŕřŗśŝšşșßťţŧùúûũüūŭůűųẁẃŵẅỳýŷÿźžżŋðþ àáâãäāăåǻąĝğġģỳýŷÿ Shapes and Arrows ★⚑♥♦●■▲▼◀▶☆⚐♡♢○□△▽◁▷ ✓ ←→↑↓↖↗↙↘↲↳↰↱↩↪ ←→↑↓↖↗↙↘↲↳↰↱↩↪ General Type Studio Informational purposes only. ©2019, generaltypestudio.com General Grotesque 5 ● Mono - Character set Uppercase ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Lowercase abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Standard punctuation &?!¿¡.,:;•'"“”‘’‚„…_|¦§¶†‡* ‹«»›·-–—()[]{}@ Uppercase punctuation ¿¡‹«»›����������� Stylistic alternates agy Tabular lining figures #€$¢£ƒ¥00123456789 Tabular old style figures #€$¢£ƒ¥00123456789 Numerator / Denominator 0123456789/0123456789 Prebuilt fractions / percents ½¼¾ % ‰ Superscript / Inferior ⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹+−=⁽⁾₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉+−=₍₎ Superior alphabet abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz agy Math and miscellaneous symbols ∆Ω∂∫∑∏πµ¤−+×÷=≠±√^<>≤≥~≈�¬∞ℓ°℮©®℗™ªº№ Accentuated letters ÀÁÂÃÄĀĂÅǺĄÆǼĆĈČĊÇĎĐÈÉÊĚËĒĔĖĘlĜĞĠĢĤĦÌÍÎĨÏĪĬİ ĮIJĴĶĹĽĻŁĿŃŇÑŅÒÓÔÕÖŌŎŐØǾŒŔŘŖSSŚŜŠŞȘŤŢŦÙÚÛ ŨÜŪŬŮŰŲẀẂŴẄỲÝŶŸŹŽŻŊÐÞÀÁÂÃÄĀĂÅǺĄ àáâãäāăåǻąæ ǽćĉčċçďđèéêěëēĕėęĝğġģĥħìíîĩïīĭįıijĵķĺľļłŀńň ñņòóôõöōŏőøǿœŕřŗśŝšşșßťţŧùúûũüūŭůűųẁẃŵẅỳýŷÿ źžżŋðþ àáâãäāăåǻąĝğġģỳýŷÿ Shapes and Arrows ★⚑♥♦●■▲▼◀▶☆⚐♡♢○□△▽◁▷ ✓ ←→↑↓↖↗↙↘↲↳↰↱↩↪ ←→↑↓↖↗↙↘↲↳↰↱↩↪ General Type Studio Informational purposes only. ©2019, generaltypestudio.com General Grotesque 6 ● OpenType features OpenType font format is the current standard for desktop fonts. This format permits to embed a large number of charac- ters and multiple options to access and permute them in a text editor. These features are supported by most common web browsers using ‘font-feature-settings’ with the OpenType labels (‘case’, ’liga’, ’onum’, ’salt’, etc.). Feature Non-active Active All caps ([email protected]) ([email protected]) 'case' Tabular lining figures #€$¢£ƒ¥0123456789 #€$¢£ƒ¥0123456789 'tnum', 'lnum' Tabular old style figures #€$¢£ƒ¥0123456789 #€$¢£ƒ¥0123456789 'tnum', 'onum' Fractions 1/2 + 35/168 1/2 + 35/168 'frac' (also 'numr'/'dnom') Slashed zero 2018 2018 'zero' Alternate Arrows (Stylistic Set 01) ← → ↑ ↓ ↖ ↗ ↙ ↘ ↲ ↳ ↩ ← → ↑ ↓ ↖ ↗ ↙ ↘ ↲ ↳ ↩ 'ss01' Ordinals 1o 2a No 1o 2a No 'ordn' Superscript / Superior (x219 + y524) ÷ z(6+3) ≥ a (x219 + y524) ÷ z(6+3) ≥ a 'sups' 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1re 2e 3e 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1re 2e 3e Scientific inferior C2H4O C2H4O 'sinf' Ligature Rafting office Rafting office 'liga' Stylistic alternates or title alternates George Ray George Ray 'salt' or 'titl' (also accessible through individual Stylistic Sets: ss04 - ss06) General Type Studio Informational purposes only. ©2019, generaltypestudio.com General Grotesque 7 ● Mono - OpenType features OpenType font format is the current standard for desktop fonts. This format permits to embed a large number of charac- ters and multiple options to access and permute them in a text editor. These features are supported by most common web browsers using ‘font-feature-settings’ with the OpenType labels (‘case’, ’liga’, ’onum’, ’salt’, etc.). Feature Non-active Active All caps ([email protected]) ([email protected]) 'case' Old style figures #€$¢£ƒ¥0123456789 #€$¢£ƒ¥0123456789 'onum' Fractions 1/2 + 35/168 1/2 + 35/168 'frac' (also 'numr'/'dnom') Slashed zero 2018 2018 'zero' Alternate Arrows (Stylistic Set 01) ← → ↑ ↓ ↖ ↗ ↙ ↘ ↲ ↳ ← → ↑ ↓ ↖ ↗ ↙ ↘ ↲ ↳ 'ss01' Ordinals 1o 2a No 1o 2a No 'ordn' Superscript / Superior (x219 + y524) ÷ (x219 + y524) ÷ 'sups' 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1re 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1re Scientific inferior C2H4O C2H4O 'sinf' Stylistic alternates or title alternates George Ray George Ray 'salt' or 'titl' (also accessible through individual Stylistic Sets: ss04 - ss06) General Type Studio Informational purposes only. ©2019, generaltypestudio.com General Grotesque 8 ● Regular R↩ General Type Studio Informational purposes only. ©2019, generaltypestudio.com General Grotesque 9 ● Thin 42 pt In 1854 and 1856, Ferdinand de Lesseps obtained a con- cession from Sa’id Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, 30 pt to create a company to construct a canal open to ships of all nations. The compa- ny was to operate the canal for 99 years from its opening. De Lesseps had used his friendly relationship with Sa’id, which 16 pt he had developed while he was a French diplomat in the 1830s. As stipulated in the concessions, Ferdinand convened the International Commission for the piercing of the isthmus of Suez (Commission Internationale pour le percement de l’isthme des Suez) consisting of 13 experts from seven countries, among 12 pt 9 pt them John Robinson McClean, later President of the aspects of the canal, where many of Negrelli’s ideas prevailed, Institution of Civil Engineers in London, and again the commission produced a unanimous report in December 1856 Negrelli, to examine the plans developed by Linant containing a detailed description of the canal complete with plans and profiles. The Suez Canal Company (Compagnie universelle du de Bellefonds, and to advise on the feasibility of and canal maritime de Suez) came into being on 15 December 1858. ↳ § the best route for the canal. After surveys and anal- Construction (1859–1869) ¶ Work started on the shore of the future yses in Egypt and discussions in Paris on various Port Said on 25 April 1859. ¶ The excavation took some 10 years using General Type Studio Informational purposes only. ©2019, generaltypestudio.com General Grotesque 10 ● Thin Italic 42 pt Britain gathered together al- lies to form the Third Coalition against France. In response, Napoleon seriously consid- 30 pt ered an invasion of Great Britain, and massed 180,000 troops at Boulogne. Before he could invade, he needed to achieve naval superiority—or at least to pull the British fleet away from the English 16 pt Channel. A complex plan to distract the British by threatening their possessions in the West Indies failed when a Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve turned back after an indecisive action off Cape Finisterre on 22 July 1805. The Royal Navy blockaded Villeneuve in Cádiz until he left for Naples on 19 October; 12 pt 9 pt the British squadron caught and overwhelmingly his attention to enemies on the Continent. ¶ In April 1805, Britain and defeated the combined enemy fleet in the Battle Russia signed a treaty with the aim of removing the French from the of Trafalgar on 21 October (the British commander, Batavian Republic (roughly present-day Netherlands) and the Swiss Confederation. Austria joined the alliance after the annexation of Lord Nelson, died in the battle). Napoleon never Genoa and the proclamation of Napoleon as King of Italy on 17 March again had the opportunity to challenge the British at 1805. Sweden, which had already agreed to lease Swedish Pomera- sea, nor to threaten an invasion.