FaberSansPro-Leicht Font

Faber Sans Pro family consisting of 10 fonts
FaberSansPro45reduced.ttf
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Two fonts in one: a classic-modern sans serif appearing in two forms "standard" and a "stylistic alternate" with uncial script-orientated characters which give the font a completely different "look."

The idea for one of the very first ingoFonts, the sans serif "Faber Eins & Zwei," originated in 1996. This typeface gained popularity over the years, especially in Anglo-Saxon countries. A lot has changed since then not just in font technology. In 2010 it was time for a basic revision of this attractive font, and time to bring it up to date with current font technology.
A uniqueness of Faber Sans Pro is that it is actually composed of two fonts. The "basic typeface" is a sans serif in the classic-modern style of type creations of the early 20th century godfathered by Futura from Paul Renner and Gill Sans from Eric Gill. The Roman Capitalis provided the model for the classically proportioned capital letters and the harmonic shapes of the humanistic minuscule for the lower case characters. And so a font with pleasant rhythmic proportions was created and is extremely comfortable to read, especially in large amounts of text; but, it is also reader-friendly under adverse typographic conditions on the monitor.

A "second" typeface with its own personal character resulted as stylistic alternates were designed for the letters a e f g l t u in accordance with the uncial scripts of the late antiquity or rather the early Middle Ages. And the r is given a playful point in the stylistic alternates. Modern OpenType technology makes it possible to combine the previously separate typefaces into one font. The stylistic alternate can be accessed via the OpenType-Functions Discretionary Ligatures or also Stylistic Alternates (and of course the glyph panel).   

Unlike classic sans serifs, Faber Sans Pro includes a "true" italic. The italic characters are not simply just slanted variations of the upright, but the characters originated out of handwriting styles; they are rounder and the stroke flow is more fluent than on the upright letters. Some italic letters truly have their very own design which clearly comes from handwriting, particularly noticeable on a and g.

At ingoFonts all fonts can be downloaded. Gratis. Free.
Here's the catch: The files offered here to download contain only a reduced font. That means, the font only consists of uppercase and lowercase from A to Z or rather, a to z.
The complete font including numerals, umlauts, punctuation and especially ligatures is only available with your order and your cash.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2010 by Ingo Zimmermann ingoFont Augsburg. All rights reserved.
Font family
Faber Sans Pro reduced
Font subfamily
45 Leicht
Unique subfamily identification
IngoZimmermanningoFontAugsburg: Faber Sans Pro 45 Leicht: 2010
Full font name
FaberSansPro-Leicht
Name table version
Version 4.014
Postscript font name
FaberSansPro-Leicht
Trademark notice
Faber Sans Pro 45 Leicht is a trademark of Ingo Zimmermann ingoFont Augsburg.
Manufacturer name
Designer
Description
Copyright (c) 2010 by Ingo Zimmermann ingoFont Augsburg. Reviewed. All rights reserved.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2010-10-23
Revision4
Glyph count53
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSans serif
WeightLight
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 10 font weights listed below:
FaberSansPro45reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro95reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro65reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro76reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro66reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro55reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro86reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro56reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro75reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro85reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro-Fett Website TrueTypePersonal use
FaberSansPro95reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro-Kraeftig Website TrueTypePersonal use
FaberSansPro65reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro-HalbfettKursiv Website TrueTypePersonal use
FaberSansPro76reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro-KraeftigKursiv Website TrueTypePersonal use
FaberSansPro66reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro-Normal Website TrueTypePersonal use
FaberSansPro55reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro-SchwerKursiv Website TrueTypePersonal use
FaberSansPro86reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro-NormalKursiv Website TrueTypePersonal use
FaberSansPro56reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro-Halbfett Website TrueTypePersonal use
FaberSansPro75reduced.ttf
FaberSansPro-Schwer Website TrueTypePersonal use
FaberSansPro85reduced.ttf