Scotus Sans is a low-contrast sans serif typeface with the name and overall proportions taken from the roman used by Octavianus Scotus in Venice in 1481 – about ten years after Nicolas Jenson’s masterful roman type.
Scotus Sans is not a revival of a 15th-century roman; it is a new sans serif based on the skeleton of the original roman and embodies ‘simplicity of form which does not reject traditional forms’ while maintaining ‘clarity and readability’, forged into a digital family workhorse ranging from thin to black, from compressed to expanded.
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