GT Zirkon

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  • Ultra Light Italic
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  • Light Italic
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  • Regular Italic
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  • Ultra Light
    Scientists then studied the diamonds’ composition, looking specifically at their carbon isotopes.
  • Ultra Light Italic
    The English word “zircon” is derived from “Zirkon”, which is the German adaptation of this word.
  • Thin
    The name zircon is taken from the name of the mineral zircon, the most important source of zirconium.
  • Thin Italic
    Recent experiments, for example, have shown that crystals grow five times faster when their supersaturated solution is subjected to frequencies of 10 to 100 cycles a second.
  • Light
    Zircon often contains traces of radioactive elements in its structure, which causes it to be metamict.
  • Light Italic
    Yellow, orange and red zircon is also known as “hyacinth”, from the flower hyacinthus, whose name is of Ancient Greek origin.
  • Book
    Australia leads the world in zircon mining, producing 37% of the world total and accounting for 40% of world EDR for the mineral.
  • Book Italic
    Researchers 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.
  • Regular
    Radioactive dating shows that the zircon crystals were formed more than 4 billion years ago.
  • Regular Italic
    The abundance and diversity of minerals is controlled directly by their chemistry, in turn dependent on elemental abundances in the Earth.
  • Medium
    As short and stubby crystals, as well as prismatic which are sometimes elongated.
  • Medium Italic
    Silicon and oxygen constitute approximately 75% of the Earth’s crust, which translates directly into the predominance of silicate minerals.
  • Bold
    The English word “zircon” is derived from “Zirkon”, which is the German adaptation of this word.
  • Bold Italic
    Scientists then studied the diamonds’ composition, looking specifically at their carbon isotopes.
  • Black
    Researchers 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.
  • Black Italic
    Crystals are almost always terminated with a pyramidal termination, and may be doubly terminated, and occasionally entirely pyramidal resembling an octahedron.
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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.

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Typeface features

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  • SS01
  • Alternate Arrows
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  • SS02
  • Alternate f
Refraction
  • ONUM
  • Oldstyle Figures
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  • SMCP
  • Small Caps
Ore Deposit
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