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Typefaces designed in the 1980s

4 typefaces first released in the 1980s, in order.

Typeface Year Designer Kind What it signals now
Arial 1982 Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders Sans-serif A default. Something nobody chose.
Papyrus 1982 Chris Costello Display A smoothie bar, a yoga studio, or Avatar.
Chicago 1984 Susan Kare Sans-serif The original Macintosh, and the first iPod.
Trajan 1989 Carol Twombly Serif A film poster. Specifically a serious one, or a legal drama.

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