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Utilised in various projects by The Entente through the last three years of studio practice, ARCHIVE has developed into its final form. Initially conceived for a publication by Brighton-based photographic publisher Photoworks — The Myth of the Airborne Warrior by Stuart Griffiths, with its topic of the Northern Ireland conflict, ARCHIVE was drawn in a single roman weight with corresponding italics. Since then, ARCHIVE has been developed over a variety of projects including Draw, Hotshoe and various other smaller pieces of print.

ARCHIVE’s strength and character lies in the feeling that it has already existed, or simply that it has been through a multiplication process prior to the viewer seeing it. This aesthetic comes from small indents on both the top and bottom of each serif (aligning parallel to the baseline and cap height).

ARCHIVE is available in nine cuts — Roman, Roman Italic, Semibold, Semibold Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Extra Bold, Extra Bold Italic and Mono. The Standard version contains Latin-A support. The Pro version includes a full set of small caps (including accented small caps), discretional ligatures, additional typographic alternates and number styles as well as Central European, Cyrillic and Greek language support. Supplied in OpenType format.Your investment is greatly appreciated.

Release
2013

Designer
The Entente

Specimen
Archive

Nine Numbers & Nine Weights
Archive Roman & Roman Italic
Archive Roman Italic, SemiBold Italic & Roman
Archive Bold
Archive Extra Bold & Extra Bold Italic
Archive Extra Bold Italic, Mono & Extra Bold
One shape alone is normally reserved for a specific purpose: the lozenge, a diamond-shaped escutcheon, was traditionally used to display the arms of women, on the grounds that shields, as implements of war, were inappropriate for this purpose.
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