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Vernon Adams

Vernon Adams (1967–2016) was an English type designer who made open-source typefaces. He earned an MA in typeface design from the University of Reading, lived in San Clemente, California, and published his fonts through his New Typography site and Google Fonts, where 51 of his families are available. His work includes Oswald, a reworking of the Alternate Gothic style released in 2011, and Oxygen, the user-interface font of the KDE desktop.

He was badly injured in a scooter accident in 2014 and died on 24 August 2016. MV Oswald pairs his Latin Oswald with Thaana glyphs added by Hassan Hameed in 2018.

Google Fonts designer pageOswald on Google Fonts

Fonts

MV Oswald

Modern · 1 style· Hassan Hameed (Thaana), Vernon Adams (Latin)

Preview them all in the font list

Sources

  1. Luc Devroye, Vernon Adams (Type Design Information Page)
  2. Google Fonts: Vernon Adams designer bio
  3. Google Fonts: Oswald description
  4. LWN.net: Vernon Adams obituary (2016)
  5. KDE Dot: Remembering Vernon Adams (30 August 2016)
  6. Chapman University Leatherby Libraries: Display in honor of Vernon Adams (2018)
  7. MV Oswald font name table ('Copyright (c) 2010-13 by Vernon Adams. Thaana glyphs added by Dr Hassan Hameed, 28th August 2018')

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