The Battery
The Battery, formerly known as Battery Park is a historic waterfront park located at the southernmost point of Manhattan. The Battery has a long and rich history, dating back to the early days of New York City. The first Europeans to settle in Manhattan, the Dutch, established a fort at the Battery in 1624, named Fort Amsterdam. The fort and the surrounding area were originally used as a battery from which cannons were fired to defend the city, giving the park its current name. The park was also the site of New York’s first immigration center, before it was relocated to Ellis Island in 1892. Millions of immigrants arrived in the United States through the Battery, and is now a symbol of the city’s history of immigration. Today, the park is a popular tourist destination, offering stunning views of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the Manhattan Skyline.
Vesta Typeface
Vesta is a sans-serif typeface designed by Gerard Unger and released by Linotype in 1996. According to Linotype, Vesta was originally designed as an orientation and information system for the city of Rome, the birthplace of the roman alphabet. The forms are inspired by letterforms found on a frieze in the Vesta temple in Tivoli.
Vesta is relatively more narrower and therefore more economical than some commonly used sans-serifs such as Arial and Helvetica, making it an ideal solution for newspapers and magazines. There is also a noticeable contrast between the thick and thin parts of the letterform, which makes the typeface more lively.
Vesta is available in a variety of weights, from light to bold, and in a number of different languages. It is also available in a monospaced version, called Vesta Mono.
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