Guardian Egyptian

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Guardian Egyptian
Category Slab serif
Designers Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz
Commissioned by Mark Porter, The Guardian
Date created2004–2005
The Guardian masthead typeset in Guardian Egyptian, in use between 2005 and 2018 The Guardian.svg
The Guardian masthead typeset in Guardian Egyptian, in use between 2005 and 2018

Guardian Egyptian is a slab-serif typeface commissioned by Mark Porter for the UK newspaper The Guardian [1] [2] [3] and designed by Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz [4] [5] between 2004 and 2005 and published by their company Commercial Type. [6] [7]

It was an essential element in The Guardian's move to the Berliner format and was the typeface used in the masthead [8] until 2018. [9] [10] It is part of the Guardian font family, which also includes Guardian Sans, Guardian Text Egyptian, Guardian Text Sans and Guardian Agate, [11] all of which are also used by The Guardian.

References

  1. ↑ Brewer, Jenny (2016-05-04). "Guardian's "unapologetic" print campaign by BBH proclaims the newspaper's independence". www.itsnicethat.com. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  2. ↑ Freeman, Hannah (2013-09-19). "Typography - photograph your favourite fonts". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  3. ↑ Mulholland, Chris (2012-11-26). "Guardian launches new mobile site". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  4. ↑ May, Tom (2023-02-13). "14 fonts to fall in love with: trending typefaces that designers adore". Creative Boom. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  5. ↑ Garfield, Simon (2010-10-16). "True to type: how we fell in love with our letters". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  6. ↑ "Guardian". Schwartzco. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Guardian Egyptian". Schwartzco. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "The Guardian introduces tabloid format and redesigns all platforms". Design Week. 2018-01-15. Archived from the original on 2025-04-09. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  9. ↑ Carter, Dom (2018-01-15). "The Guardian redesigns with new logo and font". Creative Bloq. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  10. ↑ Morris, Ali (2018-01-15). "The Guardian newspaper unveils font and logo as part of wider redesign". Dezeen. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  11. ↑ "Guardian". Typographica. Retrieved 2025-12-17.


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