Hardcover

From Mark Simonson Studio

Hardcover (2025) is an elegant serif typeface intended for display use. It was one of my earliest typeface ideas, dating back to a sketch I did while working at one of my first design jobs in 1978, inspired by the slick lettering Iā€™d seen on mass-market book covers. The capitals follow a classic roman model, reminiscent of Times New Roman, but with more modern, simplified forms. The lowercase and figures are constructed similar to the capitals, avoiding features typically associated with lowercase such as ball terminals and angled serifs. Although it may be used in short blocks of text, Hardcover is designed to be used large. It features matching italics and small caps for all weights and a set of dingbats.

Designed by Mark Simonson

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Hardcover Variable

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Hardcover Variable Italic

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Hardcover Extra Light

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Hardcover Extra Light Italic

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Hardcover Light

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Hardcover Light Italic

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Hardcover Regular

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Hardcover Regular Italic

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Hardcover Semi Bold

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Hardcover Semi Bold Italic

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Hardcover Bold

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Hardcover Bold Italic

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Hardcover Extra Bold

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Hardcover Extra Bold Italic

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Hardcover Black

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Hardcover Black Italic

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Character Map
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Uppercase Letter Latin

Uppercase Letter Greek

Lowercase Letter Latin

Lowercase Letter

Lowercase Letter Greek

Modifier Letter

Other Letter Latin

Nonspacing Mark Inherited

Decimal Number

Other Number

Connector Punctuation

Dash Punctuation

Close Punctuation

Final Punctuation

Initial Punctuation

Other Punctuation

Open Punctuation

Currency Symbol

Modifier Symbol

Math Symbol

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Stylistic Set 1

Fractions

Oldstyle Figures

Tabular Figures

Slashed Zero

Ordinals

Scientific Inferiors

Superscript

Subscript

Numerators

Denominators

Small Capitals

Small Capitals from Capitals

Case-Sensitive Forms

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