Category | Sans-serif |
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Designer(s) | The Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) |
License | GNU General Public License |
Tiresias is a family of TrueType sans-serif typefaces that were designed with the aim of legibility by people with impaired vision at the Scientific Research Unit of Royal National Institute of Blind People in London. The font was originally designed for the RNIB by Chris Sharville of Laker Sharville Design Associates who was working with John Gill at the time.
The family includes
In late 2007, all Tiresias fonts except Tiresias Screenfont were released under the GNU General Public License version 3 or any later version.[1]
The name likely refers to Tiresias from Greek Mythology, a blind prophet of Apollo.