How do you classify Eurostile and similar boxy and wide typefaces? Geometric Sans Serifs come up as a suggestion, and I understand why, but I hope that there is another sub-classification for it.
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I'm not entirely sure what you are looking for here, but Eurostyle is generally viewed as a "display font", for use in headlines or signs, i.e. for improved legibility at large sizes, as opposed to copy/body text at small sizes where it would be more difficult to read. Is this the kind of thing you are looking for? If so, I could add it as an answer.– Billy KerrNov 4, 2019 at 12:25
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Hmm, well I’m looking for a type classification that describes its form. Display seems too broad because it includes all type of shapes, even if I understand what you are saying. Someone suggested Square sans serif which might be clooser.– Tony BoleroNov 4, 2019 at 17:54
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Eurostile is a Geometric Sans-Serif designed by Aldo Novarese. I believe you can sub-classify however you want, but that is just inventing new names - is it really necessary? Should we have fonts classified by their corner radiuses for example?
On Fonts.com search filters you can only see 6 classes:
- Sans
- Serif
- Script
- Display
- Symbol
- Monospaced
I believe these are more than enough to describe most typefaces correctly.
