LinoLetter 2010/02

Half a dozen unexpected typefaces from Monotype and ITC

! Welcome to the Current Issue of the LinoLetter !

In this Issue:

Dig deeper into our vaults – Have you seen these six “Hidden Gems” from Monotype and ITC?
Sumner Stone re-cuts his eponymous sans serif – Introducing ITC Stone Sans II
Great new features – FontExplorer X Pro 2.5 and FontExplorer X Server 1.5

Where do new typefaces come from? A report from our last Type Review Board meeting

Dig deeper into our vaults – Have you seen these six “Hidden Gems” from Monotype and ITC?

With so many thousands of fonts on our website, it can become difficult to keep everything straight. The LinoLetter editorial team enjoys shining the spotlight on typeface designs that may have fallen beneath the fold, so to speak. This month, it is our pleasure to reaquaint readers with six selections from the Monotype and ITC libraries: ITC Anima™, Exlibris™, Hatmaker™, Monteverdi™, ITC Photoplay™, and ITC Obliqua™.

Visit our Hidden Gems feature section at Linotype.com to see more information and images for these six type families!

Sumner Stone re-cuts his eponymous sans serif – Introducing ITC Stone Sans II

Build on the immensely popular late-20th-century type design ITC Stone Sans, ITC Stone® Sans II is Sumner Stone’s retooling of his original creation. This highly attractive family is now even more versatile. One of the most widely used humanist-style sans serif families, ITC Stone Sans is a powerful design used for everything from fine books, annual reports and corporate identity programs, to restaurant menus, movie credits and advertising campaigns.
The new ITC Stone Sans II brings six weights ranging from an elegant Light to a commanding Extra Bold. An italic counterpart and suite of condensed designs complements every weight. In all, the new family encompasses 24 typefaces.
Sumner Stone, a fixture of California design, was assisted by talented letter-drawing staff members from Monotype Imaging.

Click here for a closer look at the new ITC Stone Sans II family!

Great new features – FontExplorer X Pro 2.5 and FontExplorer X Server 1.5

The latest version of our award-winning font management application for Mac OS® X, FontExplorer® X Pro, is now available for immediate download! The list of improvements and new features is long, but here are some of the most important:
Printing: With FontExplorer X Pro 2.5, you can now print font specimen pages directly from the application.
Classification: Use Linotype’s databases to automatically classify and categorize your fonts for you. Assign your own category names, too!
Optimized Font Viewing: Let yourself be inspired by the streamlined Font Viewer. Transparent and lateral font lists to make your life easier.

This update is free for existing customers! Discover more about FontExplorer X Pro 2.5, and all of its new features, here.

FontExplorer X Server (Mac) has received quite an update, too. New features include:
– Scheduled backups
– aster/slave replication of configurations, for optimal load distribution
– Limiting the functions of local users by the administrator
– Direct LDAP authentication.

Discover all the new features here.

Where do new typefaces come from? A report from our last Type Review Board meeting

A few weeks ago, type experts from Linotype met with colleagues from Monotype and ITC to select new designs for admission into Linotype’s collections. This group which meets on a regular basis is our company’s “Type Review Board” or TRB. Maybe at their next meeting they’ll consider a typeface designed by you! Click here for information on how to submit your typeface to Linotype.

We’ve posted some photos and facts from the TRB meeting online. Have a look!

BA Graphics and Présence Typo – New at Linotype.com and in the FontExplorer X Store

Every month, new type foundries and their fonts join our online shops.

Click here to see a complete list of over 200 additional foundries whose libraries have been added to the Linotype website, and jump directly to the fonts from BA Graphics or Présence Typo!

We hope you found this issue of the LinoLetter informative and useful. We highly appreciate your feedback at info@linotype.com

The next issue of this newsletter will be published and dropped in your mailbox in March.

Your Linotype Online Team

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