Radius FG
by Fontgrube AH
Font Info
Radius FG is a stunningly modern interpretation of the classic Art Nouveau hot-metal typeface "Radium", initially published in 1905 by the renowned German typefoundry Ludwig & Mayer. The bold weight of this typeface rose to fame again in the 1970s when Hubertus Carl "Hace" Frey revamped it, renaming it "Charleston", and it gained popularity on album and book covers. The designer, Fontgrube AH, has created an impressive display font that is both stylishly elegant and highly versatile.
| Font Style | Display |
|---|---|
| Category | Decorative, Retro, Vintage |
| License | This is a Free Font |
| Version | 1.000 |
| Language | 89 Supported Languages Detected. Show All 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, German, Gusii, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Kabuverdianu, Kalenjin, Kamba, Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lower Sorbian, Luo, Luxembourgish, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Maltese, Manx, Meru, Morisyen, 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 |
| Rating | |
| Downloads | 92 Downloads |
| File Size | 127.7 KB |
| Uploaded | 3 Years ago |
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It became popular in the 1970s when Hubertus Carl “Hace” Frey reworked the bold weight of Radius under the new name “Charleston”. It was used chiefly as a display typeface on musical album covers.
Radium FG has, like the original “Radium”, both a regular and a bold weight. I added latin character sets for most Western and Eastern European languages. It is available as a free font under the SIL Open Font License with the reserved name “Radium”. For details see https://scripts.sil.org/OFL.
The font is free for both personal and commercial use, but you can make donations via the paypal link of the font on dafont.com.
There is also a bold extended version under the name of “Lutherkirche FG”.
May 2023 Andreas Höfeld
„Radium FG“ ist eine Neudigitalisierung der Jugendstil-Bleisatz-Schriftart „Radium“, veröffentlicht 1905 von der Schriftgießerei Ludwig & Mayer.
Sie erlangte neue Popularität in den 1970ern, nachdem Hubertus „Hace“ Frei den fetten Schnitt unter dem neuen Namen „Charleston“ neu herausgab. Er fand vor allem Verwendung als Displayschrift auf Plattencovern und Buchtiteln.
Radium FG hat, wie die Bleisatz-Vorlage, einen mageren und einen fetten Schnitt. Ich habe Sonderzeichen für die meisten in lateinischen Buchstaben geschriebenen west- und osteuropäischen Sprachen ergänzt. Der Font steht unter der freien Lizenz SIL Open Font License (resiervierter Name: Radium). Näheres auf https://scripts.sil.org/OFL.
Die Schriftart ist kostenlos für privaten und kommerziellen Gebrauch. Wer das trotzdem tun möchte, kann meine typographische Arbeit über den Paypal-Link der Schriftart auf dafont.com unterstützen.
Es gibt daneben noch eine breit laufende Version des fetten Schnitts unter dem Namen „Lutherkirche FG“.
Mai 2023 Andreas Höfeld
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