Swedish designer Lutz Baar creates noteworthy and well-rounded typefaces with a modern and contemporary vibe.
More about the fonts:
Linotype Atlantis™
Atlantis is classified as a European sans serif. In comparison to its American cousins, which display the heavier influence of an antiqua, the European version usually have strictly constructed forms. Those of Atlantis are based on the geometric forms of the circle, square and rectangle. The a is rather stout and the g has an open descender,
[...]Swedish designer Lutz Baar created the following fonts:
Linotype Atlantis™ (1999), Balder™ (1994), Linotype Feltpen™ (1997), Linotype Kaliber™ (1999), Linotype Nordica™ (1997), Linotype Ordinar™ (1999), Linotype Pisa™ (1997).
Balder, Linotype Feltpen and Linotype Nordica are integrated in the TakeType No. 2.1.
Linotype Atlantis, Linotype Kaliber and Linotype Ordinar are included in the TakeType No. 3.1.
Please take a look at the personal designer portrait of Lutz Baar.
A text font of the TakeType No. 3.1.
Lutz Baar about Linotype Ordinar:
"I developed Linotype Ordinar for a special website, because I wanted a font with lines that were simple yet modern and which incorporated both design and high-tech qualities.
The name comes from "ordinary" and serves to stress the font's simplicity (an understatement perhaps).
Linotype Ordinar is well suited as a basis for logotype designs and headlines, but can also be used for whole blocks of text, e.g. when you
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Linotype Ordinar, from Swedish designer Lutz Baar, is part of the TakeType Library, chosen from the entries of the Linotype-sponsored International Digital Type Design Contest 1999 for inclusion on the TakeType 3 CD. A headline type, this font is available in regular, italic and double weights. The figures are based on the form of a rectangle. The forms on the base line are relatively large and the ascenders and descenders relatively short. The strong figures make a modern and cool overall impression and emphasize the vertical strokes. Among one another, the letters are rather similar, which can reduce legibility in longer texts. Linotype Ordinar is best for short to middle length texts and headlines. Linotype Ordinar double can be seen as a kind of experiement. The figures of the other two weights are set against a background of an outline typeface, which interrupts the strict character of the typeface on the whole and makes it look three dimensional. The unique characteristics of this font are especially highlighted when it is used in its negative form.
