Panno (typeface)

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Panno
Sample Hangil E-type typeface.tif
CategorySans-serif
Designer(s)Pieter van Rosmalen
Commissioned byGovernment of South Korea
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Panno is a Latin sans-serif typeface designed by Dutch typeface designer, Pieter van Rosmalen. It is one of two typefaces specially designed for South Korean traffic signs. (The other being , the Hangul counterpart.)

Variants[]

Panno Sign[]

Panno Sign is the first variant to be commercially released. Normal and rounded forms are available, and each form has two weights - Negative and Positive - to use against dark and bright backgrounds respectively.

Panno Text[]

Panno Text is another commercial variant. It has six weights, and each weight has an italic form.

Non-Latin letters[]

Currently, Panno has no glyph other than Latin letters and Hindu–Arabic numbers.

, a Hangul typeface designed for South Korean traffic signs, employs Panno for the Latin and numeral portion.

In use[]

Panno is one of the results of the South Korean traffic sign reform, along with . The typeface, called Hangil E-type (E as in English) within the package, also has a condensed form. It replaced a Latin grotesque typeface accompanied to Sandoll Gothic.

Cleveland Magazine uses Panno Text for their design.

Panno Text is the official font of Ghent University.

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