American designer Gary Munch created the fonts Linotype Ergo™ (1997), Linotype Finerliner™ (1997) and Linotype Really™ (1999).
Linotype Ergo is a relatively new font oriented on the form philosophy of Univers™ and Frutiger™, namely, that a font which the eye should see as "correct" cannot be constructed. The eye tends to enlarge horizontals and to perceive verticals as weaker, and the stroke differences of Ergo are therefore designed to accommodate this tendency. Ergo font makes a dynamic and [...]
Winner typeface from Linotypes 3. Type Design Contest (1. price text category) and from the Type Directors Club Type Design Competition 2001.
A text font of the TakeType No. 3.1.
Gary Munch about Linotype Really:
"Linotype Really brings together a mix of sources. There's an oblique axis to the strokes that speaks of the Antiquas of the Renaissance and Baroque; there's a higher stroke contrast that speaks of the Classical and Modern; a regularity in the serifing that speaks of the [...]
Linotype Really, designed by Gary Munch, is a typeface family of six weights with italics and small capitals that offers a broad palette of expressions to draw from, sensibly light to brightly stentorian. The moderate-to-strong contrast of the vertical to horizontal strokes recalls the Transitional and Modern styles of Baskerville and Bodoni, and the subtly obliqued axis of the stoke weight recalls the old-style faces of Caslon. A strong belt of sturdy serifs completes the Realist sensibility of a clear, readable, no-nonsense text face whose clean details offer the designer a high-impact display face.
Linotype Really is a trademark of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
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