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Is there a name for this kind of U?
Posted by jonathanhughes in
30 Jun 2011 — 7:28am
30 Jun 2011 — 7:28am
Does this type of stemless, asymmetrical "U" have a name or classification? Is its origin linked to one particular country or era?
thanks!
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30 Jun 2011 — 6:20pm
It's the Dax U.
IIRC, there were some VGC typositor faces that had this feature about 40 years ago, but never as popular as Dax in the digital era.
2 Jul 2011 — 4:06pm
I call it spurless, but it's not an ideal term.
4 Jul 2011 — 2:05am
There is a bunch of typefaces featuring this detail nowadays. I call them “simple sans”.