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Optician Sans [Simen Schikulski]

Optician Sans (2018) is a free typeface based on the ten historical optotype letters seen on millions of eye charts worldwide. It is a custom font by Fabio Duarte Martins commissioned by Anti Hamar for one of their clients, Optiker-K, a family-held Norwegian business, providing optometrist services since 1877. Github link. The project was art directed by Simen Schikulski (Norway). Github link for Schikulski.

A historical timeline of optotypes:

• Snellen (1862). Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen developed the Snellen chart in 1862, based on a strict 5 by 5 unit grid.
• Sloan (1959). Louise Sloan designed ten letters in 1959, following the same principles as the Snellen chart, but without the serifs. It was a predecessor of the logMAR charts typically seen in optometrists' offices today. The logMAR charts were developed by National Vision Research Institute of Australia.
• Optician Sans (2018). Optician Sans is a fully functional typeface and a continuation of the historical Snellen and Sloan letters. It is optically adjusted for readability to be used as a fully functional display typeface.

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INTERNAL LINKS
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