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Futura Type Renner Modern Geometric Structure Perfect Circles

Name Futura
Characteristics
Geometric structure; near perfect circles,
triangles & squares evident across every letter.
Lowercase has tall ascenders which rise above cap line.
History
Following the Bauhaus design philosophy, German type designer Paul Renner first created Futura between 1924 and 1926. Although Renner was not a member of the Bauhaus, he shared many of its views, believing that a modern typeface should express modern models rather than be a rivial of a previous design. Futura was commercially released in 1927, commissioned by the Bauer type foundry. In 1969 the Apollo 11 astronauts left behind a commemorative plaque, set in Futura, making it the first font on the moon.

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