{"id":14305,"date":"2017-03-27T15:18:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T19:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.customink.com\/?p=14305"},"modified":"2017-03-27T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T19:18:40","slug":"font-of-the-week-minion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/font-of-the-week-minion\/","title":{"rendered":"Font of the Week &#8211; Minion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/FOTW-Minion-e1490257931967.jpg\" alt=\"17FOTW Lithos\" width=\"650\" height=\"743\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14306\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Minion, designed by Robert Slimbach in 1990, is a serif typeface composed in the classical tradition. Slimbach was inspired by the late Renaissance-era and depicted Minion as a timeless font.  Minion is one of those typefaces that we have all seen, but rarely appreciate. 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