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Playfair is a transitional design.
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In the European Enlightenment in the late 18th century, broad nib quills were replaced by pointed steel pens as the popular writing tool of the day.
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Together with developments in printing technology, ink, and paper making, it became to print letterforms of high contrast and delicate hairlines that were increasingly detached from the written letterforms.
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This design lends itself to this period, and while it is not a revival of any particular design, it takes influence from the designs of John Baskerville and from ‘Scotch Roman’ designs.
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Being a Display (large size) design in the transitional genre, functionally and stylistically it can accompany Georgia for body text.
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This is the main family, with a sibling <a href="http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Playfair+Display+SC">Playfair Display SC</a> small caps family.
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The main family downloaded font files include a full set of small caps, common ligatures, and discretionary ligatures.
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Updated November 2017 with many small improvements and additional language support. The family has been converted to a variable font in August 2019.
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The Playfair project is led by Claus Eggers Sørensen, a type designer based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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To contribute, see <a href="https://github.com/clauseggers/Playfair-Display">github.com/clauseggers/Playfair-Display</a>
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