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Betatype [Christian Robertson] Betatype was established in 2003 by Christian Robertson, and is located in Concord, CA. It offers custom type design services as well as commercial fonts. Christian completed the BFA program in Graphic Design at Brigham Young University in Provo, UT, and was a partner at Mansfield Design Company in American Fork, UT. He joined Google where he presently works. While at Brigham Young University, he designed Alexandre (2004, a roman influenced by blackletter), Blackletter No.36, Uncial New (2004, an uncial with a unicase feel), Aloe (2003), Betatype No. 28 (2003, a semiserif), Ulysses (2003), Pill Aberration, Raisin Nut, Pill Gothic (2001, a sans family published in 2004 at Umbrella Type/Veer), Beezer Sans, Uncial Slab, Sketch No. 26, Sketch No. 25, Dear Sarah (2004, a contextual handwriting typeface done with great care, available from Umbrella Type), and Factory. Betatype published these fonts: Dear Sarah [Veer, 2004]. Dear Sarah is a contextual font that uses the contextual alternates feature of OpenType in an exemplary way. At the same time, people are complaining why OpenType's RAND feature is not implemented anywhere yet. Pill Gothic [Veer, 2004]. Doublewide [Veer] (2006). Apertura [Veer]: a large sans family. Grant Avenue [Veer]: a large sans family. Zebramond. Serif Beta (2009): very promising free serif family! Ubuntu Title Font: a free rounded minimalist titling font. Uncial Slab (2003): a free unicase face. Emporium (2009): a display type inspired by Main Street. Roboto (2011). A free typeface developed at Google for its Android 4.0, and declared dead upon arrival by the typophile community since it does not know whether it is a humanist sans or a grotesk face. Roboto Slab followed in 2013. Image of Roboto. Google Web Fonts download link. Google Web Fonts link for Roboto Slab and Roboto Condensed. Google Web Fonts link for Roboto Mono (2015). Ubuntu Titling. Google Plus link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Betatype [Buy fonts] [Designer info] MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Sites with only a few free fonts ⦿ Unicase type design ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type scene in California ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Handwriting fonts ⦿ OpenType software ⦿ Type scene in Utah ⦿ Uncial typefaces ⦿ Monospaced fonts ⦿