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Typography Tuesday: Modern No. 20

06 January 2015


Modern No. 20 is a pleasantly unusual font - bold yet refined, conservative yet quirky. I love the cheerful tail on some characters (capital R, for example), and the extended serif on others (the capital E crossbar). Best as a display type. 

Illustrated by William Wordsworth's Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.