Author's note

Sapir by Eric Schiller is a free high-contrast serif font with an elegant, fashion-minded profile. Broad curves meet fine joins, and softly tapered endings keep the letters lively. Its tall lowercase forms give the design a poised, airy silhouette.

The sweeping contours can echo the clean lines of fashion photography or simple botanical illustration. That connection suits magazine covers, cosmetics packaging, cultural posters, and boutique branding. Its refined contrast is especially convincing for fashion, beauty, and arts subjects.

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Sapir font character map

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Glyphs in the Sapir font — Basic Latin, page 1

Basic font information

Copyright notice
A font for Linguists, designed by Eric Schiller, 1991.
Font family
Sapir
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Altsys Fontographer 3.3 Sapir Plain
Full font name
Sapir
Name table version
Altsys Fontographer 3.3 10/7/91
Postscript font name
Sapir

Extended font information

Platforms supported

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

Font details

Created1991-10-07
Revision1
Glyph count226
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSans serif
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
Complete pack contains 2 font weights listed below:
SapirSans.ttf
sapiri.ttf