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New Alphabet Introduction Spread

Added by UF x Design 850 on Mar 23rd, 2024

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1967

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Developed in 1967 to increase the ease of text rendering on cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors, Wim Crouwel’s New Alphabet typeface uses straight lines to create simplified characters. These geometric characters reduce each letter to be as readable as possible using the least number of lines in order to remain visible on a CRT screen. Pieter Brattinga published an introduction spread for the typeface in the 20th edition the Kwadraat–Bladen publication to illustrate its functionality.

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New Alphabet typeface published introduction