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This font family is inspired by the printed work done by the Elzevir family back in the 17th century in Leiden (NL). They worked with material from several type designers, but further research leads us in the footsteps of one in particular: Robert Granjon. Granjon's cursive script was way ahead of its time, and he created some really beautiful signs, such as the ampersands and lowercase v's. This font also contains old-style figures in the same form as they were printed, such as the flipped number 8 and the open forms of the 6 and 9. It is both a revival and an original design, because of its bold and heavy weights (both with italics) that were inspired by some titles. Many ligatures, small caps, diacritics and even a flourish for each weight and variation can also be found in this font. Leidener arose from two books: Constantini Imperiatoris (1611) and Exercitationum Mathematicarum (1657), once printed by Louis and John Elzevir in their Leiden workshop.