GT Zirkon
Family overview
- Ultra Light Italic
- Thin Italic
- Light Italic
- Book Italic
- Regular Italic
- Medium Italic
- Bold Italic
- Black Italic
- Ultra LightMinerals are distinguished by various chemical and physical properties. Differences in chemical composition and crystal structure distinguish the various species, which were determined by the mineral’s geological environment when formed.
- Ultra Light ItalicZirconium is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates.
- ThinZircon often contains traces of radioactive elements in its structure, which causes it to be metamict.
- Thin ItalicOn the Isle of Skye near Ireland, is a chapel dedicated to St. Columbus, and on the altar is a round crystalline blue stone held sacred to weather and health.
- LightThe English word “zircon” is derived from “Zirkon”, which is the German adaptation of this word.
- Light ItalicZircons from Jack Hills in the Narryer Gneiss Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, have yielded U-Pb ages up to 4.404 billion years
- BookRadioactive dating shows that the zircon crystals were formed more than 4 billion years ago.
- Book ItalicThe green coloring in many rounded pebbles usually indicates the Zircon is radioactive variety.
- RegularScientists then studied the diamonds’ composition, looking specifically at their carbon isotopes.
- Regular ItalicZircon is ubiquitous in the crust of Earth and it occurs as a common accessory mineral in igneous rocks, in metamorphic rocks and as detrital grains in sedimentary rocks.
- MediumMinerals can be described by their various physical properties, which are related to their chemical structure and composition.
- Medium ItalicZirconium is a chemical element with symbol Zr and atomic number 40.
- BoldThe name derives from the Persian zargun meaning gold-hued; this word is corrupted into “jargoon”, a term applied to light-colored zircons.
- Bold ItalicZircon is mainly consumed as an opacifier, and has been known to be used in the decorative ceramics industry.
- BlackThe dark brown to black color observed in most Zircon crystals is caused from iron oxide impurities.
- Black ItalicZirconium is a chemical element with symbol Zr and atomic number 40.
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Typeface information
GT Zirkon is an extravagant sans serif workhorse. It blends the worlds of rational tool and ornamentation by applying techniques used to optimize type for small sizes in a refined way.
Typeface features
OpenType features enable smart typography. You can use these features in most Desktop applications, on the web, and in your mobile apps. Each typeface contains different features. Below are the most important features included in GT Zirkon’s fonts:
- SS01
- Alternate Arrows
Volume ↗
- SS02
- Alternate f
Refraction
- ONUM
- Oldstyle Figures
0123456789
- SMCP
- Small Caps
Ore Deposit
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GT Zirkon in use

