Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“the Charter”) is a bill of rights that was entrenched in the Constitution of Canada in 1982. The text on the original poster is set in Carl Dair’s Cartier, which was commissioned for the Centennial in 1967. Issued by Mono Lino in Toronto, its use was an expression of Canadian nationalism for many years afterwards.
The poster version that’s available from the Government of Canada’s website at the time of writing is a later emulation and uses Raleigh, a similar design made by David Anderson and Robert Norton for Typsettra around 1977. Since Raleigh is roman only, the italic parts were set in ITC Garamond.
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Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, 1982
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, later edition
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Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, later edition
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