Bembo
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Bembo is the name given to a 20th-century revival of an old style serif or humanist typeface cut by Francesco Griffo around 1495.
Bembo is a classic typeface displaying the characteristics which identify Old Style, humanist designs:
- minimal variation in thick and thin stroke weight
- small x-height
- ascender height exceeding cap height
- oblique stress
- short, bracketed serifs with cupped bases
- angled top serifs on lower case letters
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