Linotype Laika™ Font Family

Linotype Laika™ Regular (TakeType Collection) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 39.00

The Dutch designer Mark van Wageningen created the fonts Linotype Cerny™, Linotype Laika™ and Linotype Sjablony™ in 1997. All these fonts are included in the Take Type Library, chosen from the contestants of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. Van Wageningen designed for Linotype Cerny an alphabet consisting exclusively of capital letters. The font's most distinguishing characteristic is its irregular outer contour, almost as though they were ripped out of [...]

Linotype Laika is part of the Take Type Library, chosen from the entries of the Linotype-sponsored International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. This fun font was created by Dutch designer Mark van Wageningen, who based its forms on those of a sans serif font but gave them wavy, irregular contours. They look almost as though they lie just under the surface of a pool and the movement of the water gives them their undulating appearance. The dynamic Linotype Laika is especially good for headlines in larger point sizes or shorter texts in point sizes of 14 or larger.