Compatil®

The objective with newspaper design is to ensure a dynamic exchange between the body text type and other types – headline, subhead, caption, etc. A newspaper type must be very stable and have a large x-height and open characters for fast reading. Both Compatil Letter and Text ensure balanced contrast between printed und unprinted areas, largely due to stroke thickneess and contour of the various weights.
The four different styles within the type system stimulate creativity and provide a wide variety of typographic expressions. They also are very suited to classical forms of typography, given the ability to select and mix all of the options, appropriate for magazine design.

Compatil®, along with Avenir® Next, Eurostile® Next, Optima® nova, Univers® Next (formerly Linotype Univers), Frutiger® Next, Sabon® Next, Syntax® Next (formerly Linotype Syntax) and Palatino® nova belongs to the typefaces of the Linotype Platinum Collection.
These fonts were carefully digitized and have the high quality demanded by professional typography. All fonts of the Platinum Collection were produced according to the Linotype tradition of quality.
Linotype and its authorized partners offer these fonts as Platinum Collections CDs or as single fonts or value packs.

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