字体介绍

Morris Sans是1930年由Morris Fuller Benton为ATF设计的一个小型几何字体家族的最新修订和扩展版本。他最初的设计包括一个由方形的大写字母组成的字母表，其外观具有独一无二的特征：转角的外角是圆形，内角是直角。这些字体是为了用于精美的印刷品如名片、银行或财务表格以及合同。但在随后的几十年里，这种设计已成为各种设计环境中的流行元素，一些铸造厂复刻了这种字体的数字版本。由于数字字体是bicameral的，大写字母和小写字母都有槽，因此新的字体选择用小型大写字母填充小写字母槽。

2006年，Linotype完成了自己的字体版本——为21世纪所做的扩展。在Linotype的字体总监Akira Kobayashi的建议下，Dan Reynolds重新绘制了大写字母并新添加了小写字母。此外，字体还增加了许多附加功能，包括六种数字样式（等宽和不等宽对齐数字，等宽和不等宽老式数字，以及特殊的等宽和不等宽小型大写字母数字）。随着时间的推移，小型大写字母已成为一种标志性的元素，每种字体都可以将其作为OpenType功能使用。为了与原始版本区别开来，Linotype的新家族被命名为Morris Sans，以纪念Morris Fuller Benton。

Morris Sans家族中的所有字体均为OpenType Com字体；它们包含一个字符集，该字符集能够设置48种使用罗马字母的欧洲语言，包括所有中欧和东欧的语言、波罗的海语言以及土耳其语。该字形的覆盖范围也扩展到了小型大写字母。

Morris Sans是一种宽大的字体，尤其是其Regular字重的宽度；Condensed的字体设置了更传统的文本行。新的小写字母的几何感不如大写字母，那些具有相同的基本形式的字母（如c，o和s）除外。新的小写字母没有遵循这种几何趋势，而是趋向于加强初始字体中的多个字符所呈现的人文主义元素，包括大写字母D和数字5、6和9。就像原始大写字母Q上的笔触一样。Morris Sans还展示了一些字形的耀斑，比如原来大写Q上的笔画。

Morris Sans是一种简介、现代的设计，最适合用于标题、广告、海报、富有表现力的标牌（尤其是在店面上）和企业标识。”

Morris Sans is a newly revised and extended version of a small geometric family of typefaces originally produced by Morris Fuller Benton in 1930 for ATF. His initial design consisted of an alphabet of squared capital letters with a unique twist that characterized its appearance: corners with rounded exteriors and right-angle interiors. The types were intended for use in the fine print found on business cards, banking or financial forms, and contracts. But over the ensuing decades, this design became a popular element in all sorts of design environments, and several foundries revived the typeface in digital form. Since digital fonts are bicameral, with slots for both upper and lowercase letters, new cuts of the type opted filled the lowercase slots with small caps.

In 2006, Linotype commissioned its own version of the typeface-an extension for 21st century use. Under the advisement of Linotype's type director Akira Kobayashi, Dan Reynolds redrew the uppercase and added an original lowercase for the first time. Additionally, a number of extras were brought into the fonts, including six figure styles (tabular and proportional lining figures, tabular and proportional oldstyle figures, and special tabular and proportional small cap" figures). Small caps, which have become an iconic element over time, are accessible in each font as an OpenType feature. To differentiate this version from the original, Linotype's new family is named Morris Sans, in honor of Morris Fuller Benton.

All fonts in the Morris Sans family are OpenType Com fonts; they include a character set capable of setting 48 European languages that employ the Roman alphabet, including all Central and Eastern Europe languages, those from the Baltics, and Turkish. This glyph coverage extends to the small caps as well.

Morris Sans is a wide typeface, especially in its regular widths; the condensed faces set a more conventional line of text. The new lowercase letters are less geometric than the uppercase, except for those that share the same basic forms (e.g., c, o, and s). Instead of following this geometric trend, the new lowercase tends to strengthen the humanist elements that were present in several characters from the original type, including the uppercase D and the figures 5, 6, and 9. Morris Sans also sports a number of glyphic flares, like the stroke found on the original uppercase Q.

Morris Sans is a clean, modern design best suited for headlines, advertising, posters, expressive signage (especially on storefronts), and corporate identity work."