Industry: Design

Successor

Nineteenth-century slab serifs, unified into one modern family

Successor is Tim Ripper's 2023 interpretation of the nineteenth-century English slab serif — the Egyptian or Antique — for Commercial Type's Classics series. The family unites the historically disparate width and weight variants of the Egyptian into a cohesive modern system while retaining the warmth of the originals.

Set in Successor

Insights

The Egyptian slab evolved from the Modern and fat face, making every stroke bold to give printers a tool for strong visual impact.
Historical Egyptians generated extensive width and weight variants that set a precedent for display typography; Successor draws these into a single structured family.