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LDN Merton Sans

LDN Merton Sans
LDN Merton Sans

LDN Merton Sans

LDN Merton Sans started out as a design by Paul Hickson’s wife Pat, a typeface from the 1970’s called Modern Lightline. This was based on an old ATF design called Lightline Gothic published by Face Photosetting.

LDN Merton Sans

“I started to “modernise” the design further using Modern Lightline as the skeleton and expanding the weights”, says Paul. 

 

“The renaming to LDN Merton Sans retains the London connection and reflects my appreciation of the work of comedian Paul Merton (who changed his name from Paul Martin).”

LDN Merton Sans

LDN Merton Sans is an ultra modern neo-humanist sans brimming with distinctive characteristics: open apertures, short descenders and a large x-height which boosts legibility.

 

Of particular note are the lower case stroke junctions in certain glyphs (a, b, d, g, h, m, n, p, q, u), more prominent in the lighter weights, where the horizontal stroke narrows sharply as it meets the upright, optically piercing the vertical stem.

 

The fonts also feature a variety of terminal styles, some angled, some chamfered and others curved. Different terminal styles even co-exist on the same glyph in certain cases.

 

There are 14 styles in the family volume; weights range from Light to UltraBold, each with matching italics.

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14 Styles

LDN Merton Sans available styles

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    Light

    • LDN Merton Sans Family
    • LDN Merton Sans Light
    • LDN Merton Sans Light Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Book
    • LDN Merton Sans Book Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Regular
    • LDN Merton Sans Regular Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Medium
    • LDN Merton Sans Medium Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Semibold
    • LDN Merton Sans Semibold Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Bold
    • LDN Merton Sans Bold Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Ultrabold
    • LDN Merton Sans Ultrabold Italic
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Test drive

    Light

    • LDN Merton Sans Family
    • LDN Merton Sans Light
    • LDN Merton Sans Light Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Book
    • LDN Merton Sans Book Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Regular
    • LDN Merton Sans Regular Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Medium
    • LDN Merton Sans Medium Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Semibold
    • LDN Merton Sans Semibold Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Bold
    • LDN Merton Sans Bold Italic
    • LDN Merton Sans Ultrabold
    • LDN Merton Sans Ultrabold Italic
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