GT Zirkon
Family overview
- Ultra Light Italic
- Thin Italic
- Light Italic
- Book Italic
- Regular Italic
- Medium Italic
- Bold Italic
- Black Italic
- Ultra LightThe dark brown to black color observed in most Zircon crystals is caused from iron oxide impurities.
- 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.
- ThinThe name derives from the Persian zargun meaning gold-hued; this word is corrupted into “jargoon”, a term applied to light-colored zircons.
- Thin ItalicZircon is mainly consumed as an opacifier, and has been known to be used in the decorative ceramics industry.
- LightRadioactive dating shows that the zircon crystals were formed more than 4 billion years ago.
- Light ItalicRecent 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.
- BookThe name zircon is taken from the name of the mineral zircon, the most important source of zirconium.
- Book ItalicThe name zircon is taken from the name of the mineral zircon, the most important source of zirconium.
- RegularCurrently, zircons are typically dated by uranium-lead (U-Pb), fission-track, cathodoluminescence, and U+Th/He techniques.
- Regular 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.
- MediumManly 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.
- Medium ItalicMinerals can be described by their various physical properties, which are related to their chemical structure and composition.
- BoldManly 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.
- Bold ItalicZirconium is a mineral belonging to the group of nesosilicates.
- BlackThe abundance and diversity of minerals is controlled directly by their chemistry, in turn dependent on elemental abundances in the Earth.
- Black ItalicYellow, orange and red zircon is also known as “hyacinth”, from the flower hyacinthus, whose name is of Ancient Greek origin.
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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

