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Aldus® Font Family

- by Hermann Zapf
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Aldus® Roman (Linotype Originals)
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Aldus® Roman SC (Linotype Originals)
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Aldus® Italic (Linotype Originals)
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Aldus® Italic OsF (Linotype Originals)
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Aldus Complete Family Pack (Linotype Originals)
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German designer Hermann Zapf created the following fonts: Aldus® (1954), Aldus Nova (2005), Aurelia™ (1983), Comenius® Antiqua BQ (1976), Edison™ (1978), Kompakt™ (1954), Marconi® (1976), Medici® Script (1971), Melior® (1952), Noris Script® (1976), Optima® (1958), Optima nova (2002), Orion™ (1974), Palatino™® (1950), Palatino nova (2005), Palatino™ Sans (2006), Saphir™ (1953), Sistina® (1950), Vario™ (1982), Venture™ (1969), Virtuosa® Classic (2009), [...]
Hermann Zapf is renowned the world over as a master calligrapher and type designer. Throughout his tremendous life, he has contributed volumes to the history of typography. His oeuvre encompasses text faces, symbol fonts, and even script designs, such as the new classic Zapfino. So many of his typefaces have entered our daily lives that it is impossible to image contemporary design without them. Below are all of his digital designs for Linotype. More about the fonts: Aldus™ This typeface [...]
Font Designer: Hermann Zapf, 1954 Aldus® was designed by Hermann Zapf and appeared with the font foundry D. Stempel AG in Frankfurt am Main in 1954. Zapf named this font after the famous Venecian printer Aldus Manutius, whose work is among the most important of the Renaissance period as well as Zapf's inspiration for Aldus. Linotype Aldus was introduced by Linotype as a text font lighter than Palatino®. Zapf's goal with his Palatino and Aldus was to create a new form of Old Face [...]
Font Designer: Hermann Zapf, 1954 Aldus® was designed by Hermann Zapf and appeared with the font foundry D. Stempel AG in Frankfurt am Main in 1954. Zapf named this font after the famous Venecian printer Aldus Manutius, whose work is among the most important of the Renaissance period as well as Zapf's inspiration for Aldus. Linotype Aldus was introduced by Linotype as a text font lighter than Palatino®. Zapf's goal with his Palatino and Aldus was to create a new form of Old Face [...]

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Designer: Hermann Zapf, 1954
The Aldus® Font Family is part of the Linotype Originals.
Designed by Hermann Zapf for D. Stempel AG, this typeface was originally intended to be the book or text weight for his Palatino™ font family. It was instead released as a separate face with the name Aldus™ in 1954. Aldus has the distinction of being lighter and narrower than Palatino, which makes it a good choice for book typography, though Palatino has also gained popularity as a text face. In addition to the regular book weight, Aldus has its own beautiful italic, small caps, and Old style figures. The typeface is named for the fifteenth-century Venetian printer and publisher, Aldus Manutius.

Aldus is a trademark of Linotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions in the name of Linotype Corp. or its licensee Linotype GmbH.

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