GT Zirkon
Family overview
- Ultra Light Italic
- Thin Italic
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- Book Italic
- Regular Italic
- Medium Italic
- Bold Italic
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- Ultra LightThe English word “zircon” is derived from “Zirkon”, which is the German adaptation of this word.
- Ultra Light ItalicAn interesting habit occasionally exhibited in Zircon from a few localities is that their color darkens and their luster dulls upon prolonged exposure to sunlight.
- ThinManly P. Hall and other students of esoteric wisdom have also noted that many ancient crystals were produced by ‘zodiacal formulae’ grown at specific times, when the sun, moon and planets were in special heavenly positions.
- Thin ItalicCommercially valuable minerals and rocks are referred to as industrial minerals.
- LightZircon is mainly consumed as an opacifier, and has been known to be used in the decorative ceramics industry.
- Light ItalicResearchers found that same carbon 12 isotope in the diamond specks, indicating that they may have been formed from ancient microbes that were buried deep underground and subjected to enormous pressure.
- BookZircon is a common accessory to trace mineral constituent of most granite and felsic igneous rocks.
- Book ItalicThe dark brown to black color observed in most Zircon crystals is caused from iron oxide impurities.
- RegularZircon is an important gemstone, with several color forms used in various forms of jewelry.
- Regular ItalicRadioactive dating shows that the zircon crystals were formed more than 4 billion years ago.
- MediumZirconium is a chemical element with symbol Zr and atomic number 40.
- Medium ItalicResearchers found that same carbon 12 isotope in the diamond specks, indicating that they may have been formed from ancient microbes that were buried deep underground and subjected to enormous pressure.
- BoldZirconium is a chemical element with symbol Zr and atomic number 40.
- Bold ItalicNew York University chemists have created three-dimensional DNA structures, a breakthrough bridging the molecular world to the world where we live.
- BlackCurrently, zircons are typically dated by uranium-lead (U-Pb), fission-track, cathodoluminescence, and U+Th/He techniques.
- Black ItalicChemical substitution and coordination polyhedra explain this common feature of minerals.
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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
Typeface Minisite
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GT Zirkon in use