Vialog® is based on a normally proportioned transportation typeface that Professor Werner Schneider designed as 'Euro Type' for the German Federal Transportation Ministry in 1988. Behind its forms are comprehensive studies of the legibility of European transportation typefaces regarding their optimization and standardization.
Professor Schneider worked with Helmut Ness of the design agency Fuenfwerken to give the typeface a new look. The main idea was to create a space-saving text typeface
[...]Still searching for the perfect font or ornament for this year’s Christmas cards or holiday party invitations? Allow us to come to the rescue! Before you give up hope, make sure to visit our new X-Mas Font Feature page. Here we’ve collected images showing great ways to use a number of appropriate text, headline, and symbol fonts. We are sure to have the style you are looking for!
Hier finden Sie eine Auswahl an verborgenen „Schrift-Schätzen”. Möglicherweise kennen Sie schon einige, aber kannten Sie alle?
Viel Spaß beim Anschauen!
Serifs: The serifs of the i, j and l emphasize the text structure and optimized legibility. (See figure 1)
Forms: The practical, open forms lead to optimal identification of the individual characters as well as high degree of legibility in texts. (See figure 2)
Numerals: The forms of the numerals were designed for the unmistakable transmission of important information. The numerals of Vialog™ distinguish themselves through their clarity and uniqueness. The silhouettes of the 6 and the 9
[...]German graphic designer Ralf Weissmantel created Boogie in 2003. Boogie is an ironic reference to pop art, and to disco lettering from the 1960s and 70s. Its round forms and outlines evoke the flashing, pulsating lights and music of that era. Shipping with five different, width-compatible fonts, the Boogie typeface has four different components: an outlined letterform is the base element, and forms the first font. Three additional fonts may be layered over top of this base, surrounding the
[...]Pippo Lionni grew up in a New York family of architects, escaped into university philosophy and mathematics, played jazz in New York and Paris, and became a designer in the late 1970’s. He brings to design a conceptual approach, of diversified influences as formalized in complex multidimentional systems, such as: signage, environmental design, scenography, corporate and institutional identity programs and product design.
Pippo Lionni created the font Facts of Life™ in 1999.
He said about this
[...]"Type is made to be read", he reminded, "and that implies a reader. It may usefully be asked what does that all-important but often disregarded person expect? He expects nothing but to be left in optical ease while he pursues his reading."
Rudolf Ruzicka (1883–1978) was a consultant to Mergenthaler Linotype Company for 50 years. Considered a distinguished engraver in wood and metal and an accomplished and versatile artist and designer of his time, he was recommended to C. H. Griffith,
[...]The German designers Helmut Ness and Markus Remscheid created the font Linotype Russisch Brot™ in 1997. Linotype Russisch Brot is part of the Take Type Library, chosen from contestants of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. The inspiration of the two designers is not hard to see for those who are familiar with the chocolate cookies in the form of letters which are called Russisches Brot. The font is available in six weights. The basic weight is perfectly
[...]Born in Marburg/Lahn, Germany, in 1935. Studied at the School of Applied Arts in Wiesbaden with Professor Friedrich Poppl from 1954 to 1958. Almost 40 years as a teacher at the School/University of Applied Arts in Wiesbaden, area of instruction: communication design with emphasis on type and typography. Preferred areas of work: corporate design, type design, type and book graphics.
Numerous international awards and honors, among others from the Type Directors Club, New York, The Art
[...]German designer Martina Theisen created the fonts Linotype Astrolo™, Linotype Creatures™, Linotype Improfil™, Linotype Maenneken™, Linotype Smileface™ and Linotype Typentypo™ in 2002.
Ralf Weissmantel created the fonts Linotype Contacta™ (1994) and Boogie™ (2003).
Linotype Contacta is part of the TakeType Library, chosen from contestants of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. Weissmantel designed this font to display no stroke contrast at all. Instead of using conventional letter forms, Contacta is a more designed-oriented font, with some characters recognizable only in context, not necessarily at first glance. The technical,
[...]Linotype previously had three design studios located around the globe:
Mergenthaler Linotype, in the United States, was founded in Brooklyn, but later moved to Melville, NY, and then to Hauppauge, NY. Mergenthaler Linotype's design studio employed at varying times up to 80 designers under the direction of Chauncey H. Griffith, Jackson Burke, Mike Parker, and Matthew Carter.
In continental Europe, Linotype typefaces were produced by the D. Stempel AG typefoundry in Frankfurt, Germany.
[...]Designer Hugh Whyte created the fonts Attitudes™ and Naturals™ in 1993.
Designer Ed Milano created the font Industrials™ in 1994.
Designer Jannine Cabossel created the font Inspirations™ in 1995.
Designer Debbie Hanley created the font Organics™ in 1993.
Vialog™ is based on a normally proportioned transportation typeface that Professor Werner Schneider designed as 'Euro Type' for the German Federal Transportation Ministry in 1988. Behind its forms are comprehensive studies of the legibility of European transportation typefaces regarding their optimization and standardization.
Professor Schneider worked with Helmut Ness of the design agency Fuenfwerken to give the typeface a new look. The main idea was to create a space-saving text typeface
[...]Im Archiv der Font-Beiträge finden Sie weitere Artikel.
Der typografische Tipp des Monats von Akira Kobayashi, dem künstlerischen Leiter bei Linotype!
August 2006: Mehr Abwechslung durch Schwungbuchstaben
Viele Schriften sind mit alternativen Schwungbuchstaben (engl.: swash characters) ausgestattet, was den Werkzeugkasten des Designers bereichert. Die besten Positionen für Schwungbuchstaben – kunstvoll verschnörkelte Buchstaben für Schmuckinitialen – sind der Anfang
[...]Linotype® Holiday Pi font includes a large selection of pictograms for sport, leisure, and travel activities.
The symbols are universal and can be easily understood anywhere in the world. Linotype Holiday Pi font is an integral part of the typography in the areas of cartography and directional systems.
Vialog® Signs: 14 modern pi fonts for all occasions.
The 14 weights of Vialog Signs are not just the perfect complement to our Platinum type Vialog, they are also an excellent choice wherever high-quality symbols with a modern look are needed. The palette of 14 weights offers universal characters like arrows or telephones as well as an especially large selection of transportation symbols. A combination of visual messages and new design, Vialog Signs are real eye-catchers wherever they
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Font Designer: Fuenfwerken Design AG, 2005
The Xmas™ Font Family of Fuenfwerken has finally arrived!
Christmas cookies have already slowly crept onto your local supermarket’s shelves … the Linotype Xmas Fonts just can’t wait any longer! Ravishingly friendly and universally applicable: Fuenfwerken – a design studio from Wiesbaden, Germany – is proud to present its latest Fun Font Family. Bringing variety to the dry Christmas card genre, these fonts can also be used on posters to
[...]Italic forms: The italic forms of Vialog are not simply the slanted forms of the roman, rather, were individually designed. A graphically balanced typeface results from the reduced weight of curve ends and lightly arched outline of the straight strokes. (See figure 1)
Horizontal weights: The horizontal weight is designed to allow a horizontal scaling of up to 105%. (See figure 2)
Organically dynamic form concept: The key figure S is an outstanding example of the organically dynamic form
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Fairfield 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. Boogie, Deconumbers, Linobats, Linotype Creatures, Linotype EuroFont, Linotype Facts of Life, Universal, Universal Mathematical Pi and Xmas are trademarks of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Linotype and Vialog are trademarks of Linotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.
Commercials, ITC Dave's Raves, Industrials, Inspirations, Naturals, Organics and Party are trademarks of International Typeface Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
