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Thesis is a large typeface family designed by Luc(as) de Groot. The were designed between 1994 and 1999 to provide a modern humanist family. Each typeface is available in a variety of weights as well as in italic type. Originally released by FontFont in 1994, it has been sold by de Groot through his imprint LucasFonts since 2000.
Thesis fonts have become popular and can be seen in various publications or logotypes.
To create a varied range of fonts of different thicknesses and levels of condensation, Thesis was developed using multiple master technology, in which weights were created by 'averaging' and extending the trend between a thick and thin design to create a smooth, continuous trend in styles from thin to very bold. The fonts also include a large number of stylistic alternate characters.
The family is a font superfamily, since it includes both serif and sans-serif designs. The font was used by the Spanish telecomunications company Movistar.
In TheSans Condensed, each weight only includes roman and italic, but all 4 number styles can be found.
The font was included in the Typographic Matchmaking Project organized by the Khatt Foundation.
TheAntiqua is a variant based on TheSerif. It included fonts in 7 weights and 1 width, with complementary italic fonts. OpenType feature includes small caps (roman only). TheAntiqua won an award in 1999 from Type Directors Club.
Classic family includes all 8 font weights, with roman, italic, small caps roman, small caps italic, expert, expert italic in each weight. It includes hanging proportional, hanging monospaced, lining proportional, lining monospaced figures; and additional f-ligatures. Expert fonts include arrows, swashes, fraction figures, alternate styles, mathematic symbols, ornaments.
Basic family includes all 8 font weights, but without small caps and expert fonts. It includes lining proportional figures (smaller than in classic).
Office family only includes Regular and Bold weights, with only roman and italic in each weight. It includes hanging monospaced figures.
de Groot's choice of weights to release was developed using an "interpolation theory". The optical interpolation b, in the three stems a (thinnest), b (interpolation) and c (thickest), is set to the geometric mean of a and c, i.e. b² = ac (as opposed to the linear arithmetic mean).
As an amusement, de Groot also developed a number of parodic reworkings of Thesis, including Nebulae and JesusLovesYouAll.
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