The font Minion was first released in 1990. The family contains sixty-five different styles, including 4 weights (plus italics), in 2 widths and 4 optical sizes, as well as a standalone Black version. In designing this Serif Font family, Robert Slimbach took inspiration from fonts of the late Renaissance, as he wanted to create something…
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American Type designer Robert Slimbach was born in Evanston, Illinois, and grew up in the area of Southern California. Although he is now a known designer, he surprisingly attended University of California Los Angeles on an athletic scholarship for gymnastics. He later discovered the love he had for design and typography, and worked to run…