Linotype Afrika™ Font Family

Linotype Afrika™ One (TakeType Collection) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 39.00

Linotype Afrika™ Two (TakeType Collection) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 39.00

Linotype Afrika Complete Family Pack (TakeType Collection) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 78.00

The German designer Jörg Herz created the fonts Linotype Short Story™ (1997), Linotype Afrika™ (1999), Linotype Monday Devils™ (1999), Linotype Dasitzt™ (2003) and Linotype Textra™ (2003).

Linotype Afrika™ One and Two Designed by Jörg Herz, senior designer "die argonauten" (Munich) Jörg Herz about Linotype Afrika™: “Linotype Afrika is a font which was designed after an educational journey through Zimbabwe. The font was developed from forms which can be found in the streets, especially in Harare where past, present and future co-exist side by side. The font can be used, for an African feel or theme – Africa as described traditionally as well as the modern [...]

Linotype Afrika, from German type designer Jörg Herz, is part of the TakeType Library, chosen from the entries of the Linotype-sponsored International Digital Type Design Contest 1999 for inclusion on the TakeType 3 CD. Dancing, jumping, and playing, the lively beings of this symbol font exude joy. Warning: this font will make anyone shut up in an office want to immediately take the day off! Ornaments and a few frolicking animals complete the font. Combining the single figures, whether as decoration or border, creates a pattern which will surprise you with its lightness and dynamism.