Guardian Egyptian is a

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typeface A typeface (or font family) is the design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font. There are thousands o ...

commissioned by Mark Porter for the UK

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The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' and designed by Paul Barnes and

Christian Schwartz Christian Schwartz (born December 30, 1977 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States) is an American type designer. He has been awarded the German Design Award and the Prix Charles Peignot. Life A graduate of the Communication Design program at ...

between 2004 and 2005 and published by their company

Commercial Type Commercial Type is a digital type foundry established in 2007 by type designers Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz. Its work includes typefaces for ''The Guardian'', such as the Guardian Egyptian series, and other retail and commissioned typefa ...

. It was an essential element in The Guardian's move to the Berliner format and was the typeface used in the masthead until 2018. It is part of the ''Guardian''

font family A typeface (or font family) is the design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font. There are thousands o ...

, which also includes Guardian Sans, Guardian Text Egyptian, Guardian Text Sans and Guardian Agate, all of which are also used by ''The Guardian''.

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Guardian Egyptian Headline available for licensing at Commercial Type
(Weights: Hairline, Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Semibold, Bold, Black (with italics).)
All Typefaces in ''Guardian'' Font Family available at Commercial Type
Slab serif typefaces The Guardian Typefaces with optical sizes Typefaces designed by Christian Schwartz Typefaces designed by Paul Barnes Corporate typefaces {{digital-typography-stub