GFS Nicefore fonts

GFS Nicefore majuscule Greek font

Description

As it is known, the Greek alphabet was used in majuscule form for over a millenium before the miniscule letters gradually replaced it until they became the official script in the 9th century A.D. Thereafter, majuscule letters were confined to sparce use as initials or elaborate titles until the Italian Renaissance.

The new art of Typography, as well as the need of the humanists to mimic the ancient Greco-Roman period brought back the extensive use of the majuscule letterforms in both Latin and Greek typography. Greek books of the time were printed using the contemporary Byzantine hand with which they combined capital letters modeled on the Roman antiquity, i.e. with thick and thin strokes and serifs. At the same time the byzantine majuscule tradition, principally used on theological editions, remained alive until the early 19th century.

GFS Nicefore is a typical byzantine sample of the 5th-7th century period.

It has been designed by George D. Matthiopoulos.

Characteristics

Homepage	Format & features	License	Review reference	Koji page	pkgdb page
Greek Font Society	OTF	OFL	454175	⑤	⑥

Packager

• Once a package has been approved, add the corresponding:
  • Koji page ⑤ pointer (for example dejavu-fonts).
  • pkgdb page ⑥ pointer (for example dejavu-fonts).

Style					Faces					Scripts
Sans		Serif		Other	R	B	I	BI	Other	Latin	Greek	Cyrillic	Other
Variable	Monospace	Variable	Monospace
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