English Deutsch Français

Memphis® Extra Bold

- by Rudolf Wolf
PDF sample
Add  to your list of favorite fonts
Add to favorites

Memphis® Pro Extra Bold
  Format: OpenType Pro

Price: US$ 39.00
  
... is part of the Memphis® Font Family, comprising altogether 7 fonts in OpenType Pro format.
Character set features:
euro latinext alternates ligatures isoadobe isoadobe2 adobece
416 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in:
The Linotype Originals OpenType Edition Version Two
Technical information  

Memphis® Std Extra Bold
  Format: OpenType Std

Price: US$ 29.00
  
... is part of the Memphis® Font Family, comprising altogether 7 fonts in OpenType Std format.
Character set features:
stdr euro isoadobe2
253 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in:
Linotype OpenType Library 1.0 Bundle CD for Mac OS and Windows
OpenType Flirt Library CD for Mac OS and Windows
The Adobe Type Collection OpenType Edition Version One
Memphis® Std Complete Family Value Pack
Technical information  

Memphis® Extra Bold
  Format: Windows TrueType

Price: US$ 26.00
  
... is part of the Memphis® Font Family, comprising altogether 14 fonts in Windows TrueType format.
Character set features:
euro
231 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in:
GoldEdition 1.7.1 DVD for Mac OS and Windows
OpenType Flirt Library CD for Mac OS and Windows
Memphis® Complete Family Value Pack
Technical information  

Memphis® Extra Bold
  Format: Windows PostScript

Price: US$ 26.00
  
... is part of the Memphis® Font Family, comprising altogether 14 fonts in Windows PostScript format.
Character set features:
euro
232 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in:
GoldEdition 1.7.1 DVD for Mac OS and Windows
OpenType Flirt Library CD for Mac OS and Windows
Memphis® Complete Family Value Pack
Technical information  

Memphis® Extra Bold
  Format: Mac PostScript

Price: US$ 26.00
  
... is part of the Memphis® Font Family, comprising altogether 14 fonts in Mac PostScript format.
Character set features:
euro
246 characters
Character maps: Encoding map   
Product is contained in:
GoldEdition 1.7.1 DVD for Mac OS and Windows
OpenType Flirt Library CD for Mac OS and Windows
Memphis® Complete Family Value Pack
Technical information  

Customers who bought this also bought ...

Linotype Font Sample for Zapfino® One
Linotype Font Sample for Univers® 55 Roman
Linotype Font Sample for Avenir® 55 Roman
Linotype Font Sample for Sabon® Roman
Linotype Font Sample for Frutiger® 56 Italic
Linotype Font Sample for Neue Helvetica® 56 Italic
Linotype Font Sample for ITC American Typewriter™ by Adobe Medium
Linotype Font Sample for Caflisch Script™ Regular

Documents referring to this product ...

Chauncey H. Griffith – born 1879 in Irontown/Ohio, USA, died 1956 in Butler/N.Y., USA – typesetter, machine compositor. 1915: – becomes assistant to the president of Mergenthaler Linotype Company. Newspaper typesetting specialist. 1936: vice president of Mergenthaler Linotype with responsibility for typographic development. Fonts: Ionic No 5 (1926), Ionic Condensed (1927), Papst (1928–1931), Poster Bodoni™ (1929), Textype (1929), Granjon™ bold (1930), Excelsior™ (1931), Janson (1932), [...]
Rudolf Wolf – born 2. 1. 1895 in Hechingen, Germany, died 7. 9. 1942 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany – advertising manager, type designer, teacher. Studied at the university in Frankfurt am Main. Ph. D. 1922–42: works as advertising manager for D. Stempel AG in Frankfurt am Main, where he is responsible for type design. Font: Memphis™ (1930). Publication: "Fraktur und Antiqua", Frankfurt am Main 1934. * TYPOGRAPHY – An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout [...]
Initial concepts for comprehensive type systems surfaced as early as the 1930s, yet they remained the exception. In the days of hot-metal typesetting, handbooks generally recommended creating typeface mixtures from a single type family, a family being understood as including all of a typeface’s weights, such as light, normal, semi-bold, and bold, and including all of the italic weights as well. A well-rounded type family also includes small caps, tabular and old-style figures. These days, the [...]

About Memphis® Extra Bold ...

Linotype usage sample for Memphis® Pro Extra Bold
Designer: Rudolf Wolf, 1930
Memphis® Extra Bold belongs to the Memphis® Font Family which is part of the Linotype Originals.
Because of the geometric basis of its forms, Memphis is often thought of as a font for technical fields, making a rational, purposeful impression. This emphasis on objectivity is well-suited to technical texts, but Memphis is appropriate for any text which should exhibit a clear, neutral character.
Search this or similar products by the following keywords: 1920s, 20s, Ads, Advertisment, Advertisments, anno 1920, Announcements, Architect, Architectural, Book, Building, Business Cards, Catalogs, Catalogues, certificate, Constructed, Engine, Family Affairs, Film Titling, Frosty, Geometric, Headline, Instructions, Invitation, Machine, Magazine, Male, Manuals, masculine, Menus, Newsletters, Newspaper, Serif, Slab Serif, Text, Urkunde.

Memphis 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.

For further information do not hesitate to contact us via:

Phone:+49 (0) 6172 484-418
Fax:+49 (0) 6172 484-429
e-mail:info@linotype.com
Copyright © 2008 Linotype GmbH. All rights reserved.
We reserve the right of errors and changes.
Top of page
Page last edited: 2008-04-25