{"id":15145,"date":"2017-07-24T10:36:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.customink.com\/?p=15145"},"modified":"2017-08-14T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T14:17:09","slug":"font-of-the-week-americana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/font-of-the-week-americana\/","title":{"rendered":"Font of the Week \u2014 Americana"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--<p class=\"last-updated\">Last updated on August 14th, 2017 at 10:17 am<\/p>--><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Americana-Font-896x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"753\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15131\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Americana was designed by Richard Isbell in 1965 to honor our country&#8217;s upcoming bicentennial. With extremely high x-heights, triangular serifs, and airy spacing, Americana is perfect for advertising. 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Our Font of the Week images are created by Emily Clark, an Expert Production Artist at CustomInk and a self-declared font addict. Font of the Week fuels Emily&#8217;s passion to research and learn more about beloved typefaces like Americana. What font should Emily feature next? 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