Constructa

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Constructa a slab serif typeface designed by Elizabeth Cory Holzman, and based upon a 1934 design by Morris Fuller Benton It is licensed by Font Bureau.

Constructa is a slab serif typeface designed by Elizabeth Cory Holzman, and based upon a highly condensed 1934 display face called Tower designed by Morris Fuller Benton. The original face was released by the American Type Founders (ATF). Constructa is a geometerically designed slab serif face licensed by Font Bureau. Holzman's revival includes a light weight called Constructa Thin and an extra bold called Constructa Black.

[edit] References

• Blackwell, Lewis. 20th Century Type. Yale University Press: 2004. ISBN 0-300-10073-6.
• Fiedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History. Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7.
• Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
• Macmillan, Neil. An A–Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press: 2006. ISBN 0-300-11151-7.

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