Guardian Egyptian is a slab-serif typeface commissioned by Mark Porter for the UK newspaper '' The Guardian'' and designed by Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz between 2004 and 2005 and published by their company Commercial Type. It was an essential element in The Guardian's move to the

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and was the typeface used in the masthead until 2018. It is part of the ''Guardian'' font family, 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