Metro Sans Book Italic

Name: Metro Sans Book Italic
Availability: InStock
Author: William Addison Dwiggins

Font Name	Metro Sans Book Italic
Style	Italic
Category	Sans Serif
Designer	William Addison Dwiggins
Copyright	Copyright © 2017 by Samuel Oakes. All rights reserved.
License	Free for Personal Use
Total Character	333
Recommended Line Height	1.2
Ascent	2048
Descent	410
Units Per em	2048
Total Vertical Range	2458
Max Advance Width	2308
Max Advance Height	N/A
Underline Position	0
Similar Fonts	Futura, Kabel, Spartan, Gill Sans

Metro Sans Book Italic Font Details : Font Free Download

Metro Sans Book Italic is a sophisticated digitization of the original Metro typeface family, designed by the renowned William Addison Dwiggins in the late 1920s. Metro was initially created as a geometric sans-serif competitor to popular European fonts like Futura, but Dwiggins infused it with humanistic characteristics that provided more warmth and legibility than its strictly mathematical counterparts.

The Book Italic variant is specifically engineered for professional typography, offering a graceful slant that maintains structural integrity at various scales. It is widely praised for its open counters and distinctive terminal treatments, making it an excellent choice for modern editorial layouts, corporate communications, and high-end branding projects that require a balance of 20th-century modernism and contemporary clarity.