Eras is a
humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Albert Boton and Albert Hollenstein and was released by the
International Typeface Corporation (ITC) in 1976. Eras is licensed by the
Linotype type foundry.
A distinct and curious feature of Eras is its slight, 3-degree right tilt. Eras follows ITC's formulary of increased
x-height, and multiple weights from light to ultra bold, though because all weights are slightly slanted, no
italic version of the font is supplied. Eras is further distinct for its open bowls on the characters a, P, R, 6, and 9. The letter W changes shape from a merged 'double V' shape in the lighter variants to the standard W symbol in the bolder variants.
The typeface has been widely used by
Telecom Italia Mobile
Gruppo TIM, legally TIM S.p.A. (formerly Telecom Italia S.p.A.), also known as the TIM Group in English, is an Italian telecommunications company with headquarters in Rome, Milan, and Naples, (with the Telecom Italia Tower) which provides fixe ...
as a corporate typeface TIM stopped use of Eras in 2016. It was also used in the emblem and image of the
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...
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in the credits for the movie ''
Caddyshack''
and in the
video games ''
Tekken Tag Tournament'', ''
Jet Ion GP
Jet, Jets, or The Jet(s) may refer to:
Aerospace
* Jet aircraft, an aircraft propelled by jet engines
** Jet airliner
** Jet engine
** Jet fuel
* Jet Airways, an Indian airline
* Wind Jet (ICAO: JET), an Italian airline
* Journey to Enceladu ...
'' and ''
Championship Manager 01/02''. The
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, Calif ...
network used the font in its on-air promotion graphics during the early to mid-1980s. A modified version of the font can be seen on the cover of
Motörhead's 1981 album ''
No Sleep 'til Hammersmith''. The Stanley Kubrick movie ''
Full Metal Jacket
''Full Metal Jacket'' is a 1987 war drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's 1979 novel ''The Short-Timers'' and stars Matthew M ...
'' uses Eras typeface on the credits. Brazilian stock exchange
Bovespa
B3 S.A. - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (in English, ''B3 - Brazil Stock Exchange and Over-the-Counter Market''), formerly BM&FBOVESPA, is a stock exchange located in São Paulo, Brazil, and the second oldest of the country.
Its current form can be trac ...
(now B3 S.A. - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão) used Eras typeface for its logo and tagline. Indonesian muslim animated series ''
Nussa
''Nussa'' is an Indonesian animation series produced by The Little Giantz and 4Stripe Productions. The animation has been first airing on YouTube since November 2018, and has been popular since then.
''Nussa'' story lies around the daily live ...
'' used modified version of Eras typeface for their logo.
Four
TrueType weights of this font (Light, Medium, Demi and Bold) are included with some editions of
Microsoft Word, though not with the
Windows operating system itself.
[http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/product.aspx?PID=149 "Fonts supplied with Windows Vista", Microsoft Typography, 2010. Accessed 2010-10-28.]
Notes
External links
{{Commons category, Eras (typeface), Eras
ITC Eras at myfonts.comITC Eras at Fonts.com
International Typeface Corporation typefaces
Linotype typefaces
Humanist sans-serif typefaces
Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1976