Spencer was designed by Sofie Beier and published by The Northern Block Ltd. Spencer contains 10 styles and family package options.
Spencer is a calligraphic semi-serif type family that has been carefully designed to provide easily distinguishable letterforms that are practical in use, as well as aesthetically appealing. It's natural and organic forms comes from a deep consideration of the efficiency of the visible word and provides the typeface with a distinct and unique voice.


Named after Herbert Spencer, an educator and researcher of legibility at the Royal College of Art in the sixties and seventies, and influenced by other early typographers and legibility researchers, such as Walter Tracy and John Harris. Spencer was designed as part of a legibility study by Sofie Beier and Kevin Larson.
Font Family:
· Spencer Extra Light
· Spencer Extra Light Italic
· Spencer Light
· Spencer Light Italic
· Spencer Regular
· Spencer Italic
· Spencer Medium
· Spencer Medium Italic
· Spencer Bold
· Spencer Bold Italic
File Size: 21.92 MB
Tags: art,
artisan,
calligraphic,
contemporary,
craft,
craftsmanship,
decorative,
exhibition,
fabric,
floral,
gallery,
heritage,
independent,
legibility,
legible,
museum,
natural,
organic,
pattern,
semi-serif, textile,
tradition,
traditionalRelease date: October 12, 2018
You can use this font for:
- Design projects: create images or vector artwork, including logos
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- PDFs: embed fonts in PDFs for viewing and printing
- Video and broadcast: use fonts to create in-house or commercial video content and more
- The fonts are designed to work on MacOS (Apple) and Windows (Microsoft)
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