Surveyor (typeface)
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Surveyor is a Didone classification digital serif typeface designed by Tobias Frere-Jones
in 2001 as a custom typeface for use in Martha Stewart Living
magazine. Surveyor recalls type found on maps and charts, labeling geographic features.
Surveyor has a vertical axis and a high contrast of stroke weight similar to Bodoni
or Didot
but a less strident, more organic, structure recalling early nineteenth century faces like Bell
, Scotch Roman, and Thorowgood. The italics have a slightly more extreme forward slant than is common, curved strokes often terminate in a ball, and several of the uppercase characters, A, K, N, and T have a swash stroke.
Tobias Frere-Jones
Tobias Frere-Jones is a prolific type designer who works in New York City with fellow type designer Jonathan Hoefler at Hoefler & Frere-Jones, a type foundry in lower Manhattan...
in 2001 as a custom typeface for use in Martha Stewart Living
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. is a diversified media and merchandising company founded by Martha Stewart. It is organized into four business segments: Publishing, Internet, Broadcasting media platforms and Merchandising product lines....
magazine. Surveyor recalls type found on maps and charts, labeling geographic features.
Surveyor has a vertical axis and a high contrast of stroke weight similar to Bodoni
Bodoni
-Cold Type versions:As it had been a standard type for many years, Bodoni was widely available in cold type. Alphatype, Autologic, Berthold, Compugraphic, Dymo, Harris, Mergenthaler, MGD Graphic Systems, and Varityper, Hell AG, Monotype, all sold the face under the name ‘’Bodoni, while Graphic...
or Didot
Didot
Didot is the name of a family of French printers, punch-cutters and publishers. Through its achievements and advancements in printing, publishing and typography, the family has lent its name to typographic measurements developed by François-Ambroise Didot and the Didot typeface developed by Firmin...
but a less strident, more organic, structure recalling early nineteenth century faces like Bell
Bell (typeface)
Bell Gothic is a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Chauncey H. Griffith in 1938 while heading the typographic development program at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company...
, Scotch Roman, and Thorowgood. The italics have a slightly more extreme forward slant than is common, curved strokes often terminate in a ball, and several of the uppercase characters, A, K, N, and T have a swash stroke.