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Typeface: Shift
Typeface Designer: Jeremy Mickel, Providence, Rhode Island
Foundry: Mickel Design
URL: http://www.mickeldesign.com/
Members of Typeface Family/System:
Extralight, Extralight Italic, Light, Light Italic, Book, Book Italic, Medium, Medium Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Black, and Black Italic
Designer’s Concept:
Shift is inspired by American slab-serifs from the late 19th century. In its lighter weights, it takes on the personality of a typewriter face, with flared terminals and prominent serifs. In the heavier weights, it acts as a titling Egyptian, with thin spaces between charac- ters and small counters. Designed as a display face, it also works well for text.