Compatil®
Compatil presents a whole new range of possibilities by giving designers the opportunity to combine four different type styles with ease.
The average annual report is about 120 pages long. This means that reading has to be as pleasant as possible and without unnecessary distractions.
An annual report is unique when it comes to the number of different characters used in texts. Acronyms and initials as well as upper case characters for product and company names which look particularly unattractive when set within body texts where no small cap styles are available. There are usually many numbers encountered in the body text which are also of cap height. All this together with brackets, slashes and percentage symbols can create a disharmony that is extremely offputting to the reader.
Before Compatil was available, designers would spend a considerable amount of time attempting to bring together workable combinations of typefaces to cover all of these requirements. Now the advantages of the Compatil system, with its clear and harmonious forms, are immediately apparent, as can be seen in this comparison with other well-known typefaces with their different stroke thickness, x-heights and width.
Mix and Match Benefits
Same x-height in all styles.
Same character width in one weight across all styles.
Same gray tone in all styles.
Same caps available in all weights.
No reflow when changing styles.
Compatil®, along with Avenir® Next, Eurostile® Next, Optima® nova, Univers® Next (formerly Linotype Univers), Frutiger® Next, Sabon® Next, Syntax® Next (formerly Linotype Syntax) and Palatino® nova belongs to the typefaces of the Linotype Platinum Collection.
These fonts were carefully digitized and have the high quality demanded by professional typography. All fonts of the Platinum Collection were produced according to the Linotype tradition of quality.
Linotype and its authorized partners offer these fonts as Platinum Collections CDs or as single fonts or value packs.
The average annual report is about 120 pages long. This means that reading has to be as pleasant as possible and without unnecessary distractions.
An annual report is unique when it comes to the number of different characters used in texts. Acronyms and initials as well as upper case characters for product and company names which look particularly unattractive when set within body texts where no small cap styles are available. There are usually many numbers encountered in the body text which are also of cap height. All this together with brackets, slashes and percentage symbols can create a disharmony that is extremely offputting to the reader.
Before Compatil was available, designers would spend a considerable amount of time attempting to bring together workable combinations of typefaces to cover all of these requirements. Now the advantages of the Compatil system, with its clear and harmonious forms, are immediately apparent, as can be seen in this comparison with other well-known typefaces with their different stroke thickness, x-heights and width.
Mix and Match Benefits
Compatil®, along with Avenir® Next, Eurostile® Next, Optima® nova, Univers® Next (formerly Linotype Univers), Frutiger® Next, Sabon® Next, Syntax® Next (formerly Linotype Syntax) and Palatino® nova belongs to the typefaces of the Linotype Platinum Collection.
These fonts were carefully digitized and have the high quality demanded by professional typography. All fonts of the Platinum Collection were produced according to the Linotype tradition of quality.
Linotype and its authorized partners offer these fonts as Platinum Collections CDs or as single fonts or value packs.
PAGE article issue 11/2001 about Compatil is available as pdf file. Please download:
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