Impact (typeface)

Impact ( engl. effect, impression ) is a sans serif font of the Impact font family, designed in 1965 by Geoffrey Lee and published by the Stephenson Blake type foundry and disseminated. She is Registered Trademark of Stephenson Blake Holdings Ltd.. The rights to the font lie with the Monotype Corporation.

Due to the extremely thick lines and the narrow letters that font stands out in the text and is primarily, although not exclusively suitable for headlines and found only very rarely in texts use. The name alludes to the effect that the font is effect on the reader, that make an impression to catch the reader's attention and convey that what is written is important. In addition, Impact is characterized by a very large x - height, which extends to gerademal a quarter below the H line. The font has been significantly influenced by the design of, but narrower font Haettenschweiler and has similarities to the font Compacta, as well as the font Helvetica ad on.

In July 2010, the Ascender Corp. published an improved version of the font. These included upgraded OpenType properties and was designed by Terrance Weinzierl and Steve Matteson. The update to 2:35 brought the current active version of the font.

The Impact included, among others, with Windows and the Internet Explorer version 3 and is part of the Core fonts for the Web. Impact to date has proven influence, it adorns, for example, the logo of the St. Pancras station in London and the logo of the Internet Movie Database. Moreover, it is often referred to as lettering of memes, often including Lolcats, application.

Classification of Scripture

Hans Peter Willenberg would classify them in his classification matrix as static Grotesk.

Similar fonts

• Compacta (font )
• Haettenschweiler