Umbra is a sans-serif display typeface designed in 1935 by R. Hunter Middleton for the Ludlow Typograph company.[1][2] It is an adaptation of the uppercase light weight of his earlier typeface Tempo. The name Umbra refers to its shadow effect, in which the actual letter shape consists of negative space and is defined solely by its black dimensional shadow.[3] Several other typefaces were created in similar style around the same time, including shadowed weights of Gill Sans. Nebiolo's Ombra, part of their Semplicità family, is very similar.
umbra, typeface, other, uses, umbra, disambiguation, umbra, sans, serif, display, typeface, designed, 1935, hunter, middleton, ludlow, typograph, company, adaptation, uppercase, light, weight, earlier, typeface, tempo, name, umbra, refers, shadow, effect, whic. For other uses see Umbra disambiguation Umbra is a sans serif display typeface designed in 1935 by R Hunter Middleton for the Ludlow Typograph company 1 2 It is an adaptation of the uppercase light weight of his earlier typeface Tempo The name Umbra refers to its shadow effect in which the actual letter shape consists of negative space and is defined solely by its black dimensional shadow 3 Several other typefaces were created in similar style around the same time including shadowed weights of Gill Sans Nebiolo s Ombra part of their Semplicita family is very similar UmbraCategoryDisplayDesigner s R Hunter MiddletonFoundryLudlowSample Umbra has been digitised 4 References edit Allan Haley 15 September 1992 Typographic Milestones John Wiley amp Sons pp 117 120 ISBN 978 0 471 28894 7 Neil Macmillan 2006 An A Z of Type Designers Yale University Press p 135 ISBN 0 300 11151 7 Devroye Luc R Hunter Middleton Type Design Information Retrieved 4 October 2016 Font of the day Umbra 16 January 2014 nbsp This typography related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Umbra typeface amp oldid 1057199603, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
