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Comenius

Information

Created for Berthold in 1976 by prolific designer Hermann Zapf. He said of his design “The basic idea was to create a roman which was to combine good legibility with a more ‘human’ feeling—in other words, not too cold and abstract. The face was supposed to still show the influence of the broad nib. Although mainly designed for large bodies of text, it can also be used for ads and display purposes, especially in its bold weight.” Comenius Antiqua was named for 17th century Czech theologian and educational reformer Jan Amos Comenius.

Technical Information

  • Designer Hermann Zapf
  • Styles 4
  • Glyph Count 539
  • Released 1976

OpenType Features

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Supported languages

Afar, Afrikaans, Aragonese, Asu, Bemba, Bena, Bosnian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chiga, Corsican, Czech, Welsh, Danish, Taita, German, Lower Sorbian, Jola-Fonyi, Embu, English, Esperanto, Spanish, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, Filipino, Faroese, French, Friulian, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Galician, Swiss German, Gusii, Manx, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Ido, Icelandic, Italian, Lojban, Machame, Jju, Kamba, Makonde, Kabuverdianu, Kikuyu, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Shambala, Colognian, Kurdish, Cornish, Latin, Luxembourgish, Ganda, Ligurian, Lithuanian, Luo, Luyia, Latvian, Meru, Morisyen, Malagasy, Makhuwa-Meetto, Maori, Malay, Maltese, Norwegian Bokmål, North Ndebele, Low German, Norwegian Nynorsk, Norwegian, South Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Nyanja, Nyankole, Occitan, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Romansh, Rundi, Romanian, Rombo, Kinyarwanda, Rwa, Samburu, Sangu, Sardinian, Northern Sami, Sena, Sango, Sidamo, Slovak, Slovenian, Southern Sami, Lule Sami, Inari Sami, Shona, Somali, Albanian, Swati, Saho, Southern Sotho, Sundanese, Swedish, Swahili, Silesian, Teso, Turkmen, Tswana, Turkish, Taroko, Tsonga, Volapük, Vunjo, Walloon, Walser, Warlpiri, Wolof, Xhosa, Soga, Zulu

Buying Guide

We offer the possibility of buying individual styles as well as complete families, with a link to the official Monotype Website.

Overview
Comenius
30 px

Comenius Regular

Comenius Regular Italic

Comenius Medium

Comenius Bold

Comenius Regular
70 px

Jan Amos Comenius

Columns
Comenius Regular

Created for Berthold in 1976 by prolific designer Hermann Zapf. He said of his design “The basic idea was to create a roman which was to combine good legibility with a more ‘human’ feeling—in other words, not too cold and abstract. The face was supposed to still show the influence of the broad nib.

Although mainly designed for large bodies of text, it can also be used for ads and display purposes, especially in its bold weight.” Comenius Antiqua was named for 17th century Czech theologian and educational reformer Jan Amos Comenius.

Comenius Regular
50 px

Created for Berthold in 1976 by prolific designer Hermann Zapf. He said of his design “The basic idea was to create a roman which was to combine good legibility with a more ‘human’ feeling—in other words, not too cold and abstract. The face was supposed to still show the influence of the broad nib.

Character Overview
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Uppercase
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Uppercase Accents
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Lowercase
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Lowercase Accents
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Numerals
0123456789
Punctuations & Symbols
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