Aurora (typeface)

Aurora
Category	Serif
Classification	Transitional
Designer(s)	Jackson Burke
Foundry	Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Date released	1960
Design based on	Corona

Aurora is a serif typeface, designed by Jackson Burke (the successor to Chauncey H. Griffith at Mergenthaler Linotype) in 1960. The font is a darker derivative of the Corona typeface, initially designed for the Canada NewsWire.

The News 706 typeface by Bitstream Inc. is almost identical to Aurora.

References

Macmillan, Neil. An A-Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press.: 2006. ISBN 0-300-11151-7, ISBN 978-0-300-11151-4

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