Austin News
Four-family system built for a major newspaper redesign
Austin News is a collection of four typefaces designed by Paul Barnes for Jon Hill's 2015 redesign of the Daily Telegraph, covering headline, condensed headline, deck, and text roles in print and screen contexts. Adapted from the existing Austin magazine families, it features compact ascenders and descenders suited to tight leading—classic news proportions. The design traces loosely to 18th-century types cut by Richard Austin for publisher John Bell.
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- Compact ascenders and descenders suit the tight leading typical of news layouts.
- Four subfamilies—Headline, Headline Condensed, Deck, and Text—address distinct typographic roles within one editorial system.
- Adapted from Barnes's earlier Austin families originally designed for magazines, requiring proportional recalibration for news use.
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