Eras is a

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(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

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, 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 W changes shape from a merged 'double V' shape in the lighter variants to the standard W symbol in the bolder variants. The typeface has been widely used by

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as a corporate typeface TIM stopped use of Eras in 2016. It was also used in the emblem and image of the 1998 FIFA World Cupbr>
in the credits for the movie ''

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'' and in the

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'', '' 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. A modified version of the font can be seen on the cover of

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's 1981 album ''

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''. The Stanley Kubrick movie '' Full Metal Jacket'' uses Eras typeface on the credits. Brazilian stock exchange Bovespa (now B3 S.A. - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão) used Eras typeface for its logo and tagline. Indonesian muslim animated series '' Nussa'' used modified version of Eras typeface for their logo. Four

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weights of this font (Light, Medium, Demi and Bold) are included with some editions of

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, though not with the

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itself.http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/product.aspx?PID=149 "Fonts supplied with Windows Vista", Microsoft Typography, 2010. Accessed 2010-10-28.

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{{Commons category, Eras (typeface), Eras
ITC Eras at myfonts.com

ITC Eras at Fonts.com
International Typeface Corporation typefaces Linotype typefaces Humanist sans-serif typefaces Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1976