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- - - - Palatino is an old-style serif typeface designed by Hermann Zapf, initially released in 1949 by the Stempel foundry
      - Palatino is based on the humanist types of the Italian Renaissance, which mirror the letters formed by a broad nib pen reflecting Zapf's expertise as a calligrapher.
      - Palatino rapidly became popular for book body text use, overshadowing the narrower and lighter Aldus, which Zapf had designed for this role.
      - It has been described as one of the ten most used serif typefaces.
    - - PALATINO
    - - Hermann Zapf
    - - Bold
      - heavier Sistina are display complements
      - lighter and narrower Aldus for books
      - capital 'Y' is in the unusual 'palm Y' style
    - - Palatino Sans Informal incorporates informal characteristics to the Palatino Sans, such as asymmetrical A, K, N, W, X, Y, w.
      - it contains many design features not seen in the digital versions of Palatino endorsed by Zapf and most clones.
      - These include a 'p' and 'q' without foot serif and no serif on the centre stroke of the 'E' and 'F'
    - - designs based on Palatino were rapidly developed, taking advantage of the lack of practical copyright and the easy copying possible in the phototypesetting font market of the 1960s and 70s onwards
      - Palatino Sans Informal incorporates informal characteristics to the Palatino Sans, such as asymmetrical A, K, N, W, X, Y, w.
    - - Elegant forms are formal , classical aesthetic
      - Sharp serifs the strokes are defined with clean angular finished
      - visually balanced and harmonize with the uppercase letters
      - High contrast the thick and thin parts of the strokes are more pronounced
    - - Being a serif font
      - Palatino font refers to the smaller
      - the font is designed to vintage a classic feel
      - Lining figures are generally seen as more vintgae and classic