Ernst

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Ernst is an elegant but playful slab serif which harks back to some peculiar early 20th-century types but responds to contemporary demands by offering a wide range of applications. Not properly a revival, Ernst blends type details from avant-garde faces such as Ernst Deutsch/Dryden’s Tango and Georg Belwe’s Belwe Antiqua. Its pronounced and frisky details make it a strong candidate for display work, while the big x-height, its design rigour and consistency of proportions also make it suitable for long texts. 

The name Ernst is a tribute to Ernst Deutsch/Dryden, an Austrian designer who in his younger years did some remarkable lettering besides his Tango typeface released by Schriftgiesserei Julius Klinkhardt in 1913–1916, and later by H. Berthold AG. In German ‘ernst’ means ‘serious’; but our Ernst is anything but serious – especially with its whimsical italic that recalls the lettering of early 20th-century Parisian street theatres and silent movies. 

Ernst and its italic come in a range of seven weights, from Thin to ExtraBold, and feature old style figures, small caps and some alternate letters. 

Designed by Léon Hugues

Production years: 2021-2023

Total Glyphs: 842

Supported Languages: Afrikaans, Albanian, Asu, Basque, Bemba, Bena, Breton, Catalan, Chiga, Colognian, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Embu, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, Ganda, German, Gusii, Hungarian, Icelandic, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Jola-Fonyi, Kabuverdianu, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kamba, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lower Sorbian, Luo, Luxembourgish, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Maltese, Manx, Meru, Morisyen, Northern Sami, North Ndebele, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Nyankole, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Rombo, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Sango, Sangu, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Serbian, Shambala, Shona, Slovak, Soga, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Swiss German, Taita, Teso, Turkish, Upper Sorbian, Uzbek (Latin), Volapük, Vunjo, Walser, Welsh, Western Frisian, Zulu

Styles:

  • Thin
  • Thin Italic
  • ExtraLight
  • ExtraLight Italic
  • Light
  • Light Italic
  • Regular
  • Regular Italic
  • Medium
  • Medium Italic
  • Bold
  • Bold Italic
  • ExtraBold
  • ExtraBold Italic

Ernst Light

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Ernst Light Italic

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Ernst Bold

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Ernst Bold Italic

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Opentype Feature

Alternative shapes

Tabular numbers

Oldstyle numbers

Tabular oldstyle

Superscript:subscript

Fractions

Case sensitive

Small Caps

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The Basic bundle contains Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic fonts

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Simple styles
VF 196,00
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Thin 40,00
Thin Italic 40,00
ExtraLight 40,00
ExtraLight Italic 40,00
Light 40,00
Light Italic 40,00
Regular 40,00
Regular Italic 40,00
Medium 40,00
Medium Italic 40,00
Bold 40,00
Bold Italic 40,00
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ExtraBold Italic 40,00

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Complete 336,00
Basic 112,00
Simple styles
VF 196,00
VF Italic 196,00
Thin 40,00
Thin Italic 40,00
ExtraLight 40,00
ExtraLight Italic 40,00
Light 40,00
Light Italic 40,00
Regular 40,00
Regular Italic 40,00
Medium 40,00
Medium Italic 40,00
Bold 40,00
Bold Italic 40,00
ExtraBold 40,00
ExtraBold Italic 40,00

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