Author's note

Frederic Black Italic by Matthieu Lonton is a free heavy italic sans serif with a forceful, forward-leaning silhouette. Broad capitals, tightly fitted spacing, and rounded lowercase forms give the lettering a dense but lively texture.

It can give sports branding or event posters the direct impact of a custom wordmark. The strong slant also suits music packaging and fast-paced promotional graphics, especially when the lettering needs to imply motion. In magazines, it suits punchy section openers and cover lines.
Frederic Black Italic — Font presentation

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2011 by Matthieu Lonton. All rights reserved.
Font family
Frederic Black
Font subfamily
Italic
Unique subfamily identification
MatthieuLonton: Frederic Black Italic: 2011
Full font name
Frederic Black Italic
Name table version
Version 1.10
Postscript font name
FredericBlackItalic
Trademark notice
Frederic is a trademark of Matthieu Lonton.
Manufacturer name
Matthieu Lonton
Designer
Matthieu Lonton

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created2011-12-10
Revision1
Glyph count234
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for preview & printing allowed
Family classSans serif
WeightSemi-bold
WidthSemi-expanded
Mac styleUnderline
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Italic angle-12
Pattern natureItalic
PitchNot monospaced