Typography

Fonts are licensed. The fonts listed below can be purchased from myfonts.com and fonts.com, or a substitute font can be used

Primary Institutional Fonts

Univers

Univers (regular, not condensed) is the university-wide institutional sans serif font. It should be used as the primary font for all university-wide marketing and communications when available. It may be used in a broad range of applications, including word processing and as body copy in printed materials. One exception to this is on the website, where Acumin should be used.

Arial

Arial should be used for all internal and external applications when Univers is not available.

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Supplementary Fonts

General Communication Fonts

Adobe Caslon Pro

This serif font should be used sparingly—for formal documents and communications with sophisticated audiences.

Times New Roman

Times New Roman is the alternative font when Adobe Caslon Pro is not available.

Calibri

Calibri should be used for correspondence where Univers is not available. It is an acceptable replacement primarily used for email communications, and in composing and addressing letters and envelopes.

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Web Font

Acumin

Acumin should always be used as the font for NAU web pages. While Acumin has a variety of weights, we are limiting usage to the three listed below. Using different weights helps create separation between headlines and body copy while making the hierarchy of information clear for the reader.

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Additional Fonts – Audience-Specific Fonts

It is recommended that the primary or supplementary fonts are used for creating university-wide brand marketing.

Brand Campaign Fonts

Industry

Industry is the font for online brand marketing, more specifics can be found in the NAU Online Campaign Style Guide. 

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Additional Fonts – Logo Fonts

Bank Gothic

The Northern Arizona University logo was constructed using Bank Gothic, which has been altered in small ways in order to customize the overall look and feel.