Linotype Humanistika™ Font Family

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Grafik-Designer AGD Stuttgarter Straße 128 71522 Backnang Telefon (0 71 91) 6 31 11 Fax (0 71 91) 8 60 83 E-mail: h.g.bomm@t-online.de Geboren 1948 in Backnang, Baden-Württemberg 1972–1975 Studium am Institut für Buchgestaltung der Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenen Künste Stuttgart bei Walter Brudi, Kurt Weidemann, Günter Jacki. Seit 1975 eigenes Grafik-Design Studio in Backnang. Please take a look at a digital exhibition of works of Hellmut G. Bomm and at his personal [...]

A text font from our Take Type No. 2. Hellmut G. Bomm about Linotype Humanistika: "A handwritten humanistic minuscule from the end of the 15th century provided the inspiration for the Humanistika. Scripts such as this served as a model for the first roman cast types, such as those from Nikolaus Jenson (1470). I am currently working on extending the Humanistika font by adding an italic and an initials alphabet. The strong modeling and powerful ornamental character create pronounced lines [...]

Hellmut G. Bomm about Linotype Humanistika: "A handwritten humanistic minuscule from the end of the 15th century provided the inspiration for the Humanistika. Scripts such as this served as a model for the first roman cast types, such as those from Nikolaus Jenson (1470). I am currently working on extending the Humanistika font by adding an italic and an initials alphabet. The strong modeling and powerful ornamental character create pronounced lines that are broken up by long ascenders and [...]

Humanistika was designed in 1997 by Hellmut G. Bomm after the humanistic italics used in the lettered arts at the beginning of the Renaissance. Its classic calligraphic design is available in two versions which only together create the intended historical effect.