What are meta fonts?

META FONTS are a family of fonts with strong calligraphic features that must not be confused with the programming language of MetaFONT. The characters that make up fonts have a certain variation according to the width of the line and are very legible. For this reason, the font family is referred to as the humanistic style of the font. The Scripture family is often referred to as the library to which it belongs to the FF Meta®, and has found international recognition among graphic designers, with extensive use as a corporate script. This included a new font that would serve on stamps, packaging and vehicle vehicles for identification purposes. For this reason, it must have been highly legible in a variety of sizes, easy to print on different papers and have the distinction of characters. The original concept and design of the font was elaborated by Erik Spiekermann, who worked in the Berlin office for the Sedley Place design office. Bundespost eventually decided to give up the use of a new family of Scripture, so the meta of the script was temporarily abandoned.

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Spiekermann decided to continue working on Metach's Scriptures through its own Fontshop International foundry (FSI). Scripture was re -created by scanning the original outlines into a computer for reworking and then published as part of the FontFONT library. FF Meta® was released in 1991 with normal, small capitals and bold versions for the family. During the year, a set of characters with small capitals of italic and courageous was added, and the font for the rest of the decades grew rapidly in popularity. Finally, the Sans Serif FF Meta® family grew to almost 50 different styles and weights, including Cyrillic Version, which was released in 2001.

In the course of the 90s, while the meta of the Sans Serif Scripture gained use, Spiekermann tried to create a serif version of the font. He was often forced to recommend other fonts that would add FF Meta® in a single design such as Swift ™ or Minion ™. Eventually accepted Christian Schwartz and Kris Sowersby to helphl with the new SERIF design.

The initial versions of Serif contained the same height x, the "X" character height from the baseline, as the original meta of the font, but Serifs were still overwhelmed. The design team finally decided to adjust the metrics of the Meta Serif family, so even though the Serif characters did not match the mathematically Sans Serif Meta Fonts, they were still perceived as the same. In 2007, the FF Meta® Serif family was released.