Radiant (typeface)

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title: "Radiant (typeface)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["letterpress-typefaces", "sans-serif-typefaces", "display-typefaces", "typefaces-designed-by-r.-hunter-middleton", "ludlow-typefaces"] description: "Sans-serif typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton in 1938" topic_path: "general/letterpress-typefaces" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiant_(typeface)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Sans-serif typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton in 1938 ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Radiant_Type_Specimen_(14461414300).jpg" caption="Radiant Medium in a metal type specimen sheet"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Ludlow_Radiant_Medium_Italic_Type_Specimen_(16463664079).jpg" caption="Radiant Medium in a metal type specimen"] ::

Radiant is a sans-serif typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton in 1938 for the Ludlow Typograph company. Radiant is a "stressed" or "modulated" sans-serif, in which there is a clear difference between the weight of vertical and horizontal strokes. It is intended particularly for display and non-body-text use, such as in advertising.

Radiant has been digitised in several versions.

References

References

1. Allan Haley. (15 September 1992). "Typographic Milestones". John Wiley & Sons.
2. "Red Rooster Fonts Radiant".
3. "URW Radiant".
4. "EF Radiant".
5. "OL Radiant".
6. "Radiant Extra Condensed CT".
7. "OL Radiant Slender".
8. "ImageClub Radiant Condensed".

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