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Footlight (typeface)

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This article is about the serif typeface. For other uses, see Footlight (disambiguation).
Footlight
CategorySerif
Designer(s)Ong Chong Wah
FoundryMonotype Corporation
Date released1986

Footlight is a serif typeface designed by Malaysian type designer Ong Chong Wah in 1986[1] for the Monotype Corporation.[2][3] Footlight is an irregular design. It is sold in weights from light to extra-bold with matching italics. It was originally designed as an italic font, a roman version was later made.[4]

Footlight MT

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A version of Footlight's light style called "Footlight MT" (without italic) has been bundled with some Microsoft software.[5]

Distribution

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It has been distributed in the following products:

Unicode

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Footlight MT has support for the following Unicode blocks:

References

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  1. ^ Devroye, Luc. "Ong Chong Wah". luc.devroye.org. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  2. ^ "F | Monotype". www.monotype.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  3. ^ Perfect, Christopher, Gordon Rookledge, Phil Baines, Rookledge's Classic International Typefinder, Lawrence King Publishing, London, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85669-406-3, p. 78-79.
  4. ^ "Footlight® font family | Linotype.com". www.linotype.com. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  5. ^ Jacobs, Mike (20 October 2017). "Footlight MT font family - Typography". docs.microsoft.com. Microsoft. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
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