FF Meta
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FF Meta is a humanist sans-serif typeface family designed by Erik Spiekermann and released in 1991[1] through his FontFont library.
Category | Sans-serif |
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Classification | Humanist sans-serif |
Designer(s) | Erik Spiekermann |
Foundry | FontFont |
According to Spiekermann, FF Meta was intended to be a "complete antithesis of Helvetica", which he found "boring and bland".[2] It originated from an unused commission for the Deutsche Bundespost (German Federal Post Office). Throughout the 1990s, FF Meta was embraced by the international design community[2] with Spiekermann E. M. Ginger writing that it had been dubiously praised as the Helvetica of the 1990s.[3]
FF Meta has been adopted by numerous corporations and other organizations as a corporate typeface, for signage or in their logo. These include Imperial College London, The Weather Channel, the television stations WSYR-TV, WIVT and WUTR in upstate New York, Herman Miller, Zimmer Holdings, Mozilla Corporation, Mozilla Foundation, Schaeffler Group, Endemol, Greggs, Digital UK (now Everyone TV), Liberal Democrats, Mumsnet and Fort Wayne International Airport.[4] The University of Hull uses FF Meta Serif alongside FF Meta.[5] The Government of Greece has used FF Meta Greek as the official government typeface since 2010.[6] New York Review Books uses FF Meta for their covers.[7]