Eras

Eras is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Albert Boton (b. April 17, 1932, Paris) and Albert Hollenstein (b. 1930, Lucerne, d. 1974), and released by theInternational Typeface Corporation (ITC) in 1976. Eras is licensed by the Linotype type foundry.

A distinct and curious feature of Eras is its slight, 3-degree right tilt. Eras follows ITC's formulary of increased x-height, and multiple weights from light to ultra bold, though because all weights are slightly slanted, no italic version of the font is supplied. Eras is further distinct for its open bowls on the characters a, P, R, 6, and 9. The letter Wchanges shape from a merged 'double V' shape in the lighter variants to the standard W symbol in the bolder variants.

The typeface is widely used by Telecom Italia Mobile as a corporate typeface[1] It was also used in the emblem and image of the 1998 FIFA World Cup [1], in the credits for the movie Caddyshack and in the video games Tekken Tag Tournament, Jet Ion GP and Championship Manager 01/02. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC)network used the font in its on-air promotion graphics during the early to mid-1980s.

Four TrueType weights of this font (Light, Medium, Demi and Bold) are included with some editions of Microsoft Word,[2] though not with the Windows operating systemitself.