Category | Sans-serif |
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Classification | Grotesque |
Designer(s) | A. Wahid |
Commissioned by | Malaysian Highway Authority |
Foundry | N/A |
Variations | LLM Narrow (condensed) |
Sample | |
Latest release version | 2.00 |
Latest release date | 26 March 2015 |
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