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Description

FIG. 1 is a face view of a first embodiment of a typeface showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a face view of symbols of the first embodiment of the typeface;

FIG. 3 is a face view of a bold version of the first embodiment of the typeface;

FIG. 4 is a face view of a bold version of the symbols of the first embodiment of the typeface;

FIG. 5 is a face view of a second embodiment of the typeface showing our new design;

FIG. 6 is a face view of an italicized version of the second embodiment of the typeface;

FIG. 7 is a face view of a third embodiment of the typeface showing our new design;

FIG. 8 is a face view of the first portion of the fourth embodiment of the typeface showing our new design; and,

FIG. 9 is a face view of the second portion of the fourth embodiment of the typeface showing our new design.

Claims

We claim the ornamental design for a typeface, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D797841
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 17, 2015
Date of Patent: Sep 19, 2017
Assignee: Google Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Inventors: Adeline Lee Beavers (Mountain View, CA), José Scaglione (Rosario), Veronika Burian (Munich), Xinxing Gu (San Jose, CA), Christian Robertson (Pleasanton, CA), Dave Peter Crossland (Corfe Mullen)
Primary Examiner: Karen E. Eldridge Powers
Assistant Examiner: Jasmine Mlinarcik
Application Number: 29/524,229
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Type Or Type Face (D18/24)