Whether Garamond, Baskerville or Bodoni, many of the typefaces produced during the 20th century were revivals of centuries-old models. Not so of Palatino: Hermann Zapf´s new design is an interpretation of our own time.
Designed between 1948 and 1950, Palatino was first released as in lead type form by the German typefoundry D. Stempel AG in Frankfurt, and quickly became one of the world´s most popular typefaces. Palatino was thereafter altered for use on the Linotype machine and in photo-type
[...]Mit der Kreation von Sabon® Next hat Jean François Porchez sozusagen das Revival eines Revivals geschaffen. Denn die ursprüngliche Sabon von Jan Tschichold war seinerseits schon eine für die Sechzigerjahre modernisierte Variante einer Schrift von Claude Garamond aus dem 16. Jahrhundert.
Mit Sabon hatte Tschichold nicht nur eine der seinerzeit besten Garamond-Neuinterpretationen geschaffen, sondern auch das kreiert, was man als einen der ersten „Systemfonts” definieren
[...]By Adrian Frutiger
Much has been written about the evolution of type: how the forms of our letters took shape, from the roman capitals to the Carolingian minuscules, and how the Latin alphabet was then, essentially, finalized for eternity by the first printing presses of the Renaissance Age.
Looking back from where we stand now, we could say that the original forms of our uppercase letters are around 2,000 years old, while those of our lowercase letters would be over 1,000 years old. And
[...]Linotype Univers® is a completey reworked version of the original Univers typeface family designed by Adrian Frutiger forty years ago. It includes 59 Linotype Univers weights and 4 monospaced Linotype Univers Typewriter weights. All fonts contain the Euro currency symbol. Starting with Version 3.0, Linotype Univers will also be available with optimized screen display in TrueType format.
Linotype Univers®, along with Avenir® Next, Compatil®, Eurostile® Next, Frutiger®
[...]The idea to develop a new typeface tailored to the special requirements of annual reports was born out of the "First Heidelberg Forum for Annual Reports 1988".
The challenge was to provide a type system that delivered readability and multiple tonality while maintaining harmony throughout the wide range of different characters required in an annual report.
Linotype worked closely together with Professor Olaf Leu and his Analyse Team at the University of Applied Sciences, Mainz, who have
[...]Mehr Schnitte, mehr Möglichkeiten. Linotype präsentiert Trade Gothic Next.
DIN Next: Made in Germany
Neu ausgestattet mit zusätzlichen Strichstärken und verbesserter Laufweite:
Neue Frutiger von Linotype
Um Ihnen alle interessanten Detailinformationen zur Neue Frutiger zu präsentieren, haben wir eine Mikro-Site erstellt.
Bitte besuchen Sie www.NeueFrutiger.com, um alles Wissenswerte über Adrian Frutiger und seine neue Schriftfamilie zu erfahren!
Als in Paris Anfang der siebziger Jahre der neue Flughafen Roissy Charles de Gaulle geplant wurde, sollte dessen Orientierungssystem
[...]Introduction
Every year the German business magazine “Manager Magazin” holds a competition to determine the best annual reports published in the German-speaking world. From the submitted public corporations who published their 2005 annual reports in early 2006, Manager Magazin released their jury’s favorites in the October 2006 issue.
Manager Magazin picked the top ten annual reports in six different business categories, and their jury selected an overall top ten as well. Virtually every
[...]The repetition of simple geometric shapes forms a daily part of our environment. Throughout the 20th century – and into the 21st – typefaces whose designs have taken advantage of this have remained popular. But finding exactly the right mood can be tricky. For your convenience, we have grouped some of our favorite geometric typefaces (mostly sans serif and symbol) into four categories: circles, squares, ovals, and triangles.
Introduction
Many typeface catalogs, including our own, group all serif typefaces together under one umbrella-category. But in truth, there are many different kinds of serifs, e.g., Renaissance serifs, baroque serifs, unbracketed modern serifs, Latin serifs, wedge serifs, etc. One of the most popular styles of seriffed letter, especially for display type, remains the slab serif.
The slab serif is a genre of letterforms that has been in use for almost 200 years. Throughout this time, many
[...]Einleitung
Alljährlich veranstaltet das deutsche Business-Magazin „Manager Magazin” einen Wettbewerb zur Ermittlung der besten Jahresberichte aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum. Von den teilnehmenden Unternehmen, die ihre Geschäftsberichte von 2006 Anfang 2007 veröffentlicht haben, veröffentlichte das Manager Magazin im Oktober 2007 seine Favoriten.
Das Manager Magazin unterteilte die Top Ten-Geschäftsberichte in sechs verschiedene Kategorien, wobei die Jury zusätzlich eine den
[...]Seit Jahrzehnten arbeitet Adrian Frutiger eng mit Linotype zusammen. In den vielen Jahren dieser wertvollen Zusammenarbeit sind zahlreiche Fotos von Adrian Frutiger entstanden. Diese Bilder vermitteln Eindrücke der verschiedenen Phasen und Höhepunkte seines bisherigen Lebens. Es sind Fotos, die ihm bei der Arbeit in seinem Studio zeigen, Aufnahmen zusammen mit seinen Schriften, sowie aktuellere Schnappschüsse, auf denen er bei der Zusammenarbeit mit Akira Kobayashi zu sehen ist.
Wir hoffen,
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Wie schon der Name vermuten lässt, ist, ist Linotype Syntax™ Serif eine Ergänzung der berühmten Schriftfamilie Syntax von Hans Eduard Meier. Das ursprüngliche Konzept für den Entwurf von Syntax war die Gestaltung einer Schrift, die die Anmut einer Renaissance-Antiqua mit den strukturellen Eigenschaften einer serifenlosen Schrift vereinen sollte. 1954 begann Meier mit der Arbeit und 1968 wurde die Schrift von der Schriftgießerei D. Stempel AG als Bleisatzschrift in den drei Gewichtungen
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Die 10 beliebtesten Font-Releases von Linotype 2009
Das Jahr 2009 ist fast vorüber und so haben wir einmal nachgesehen, welche unserer Schrift-Releases den größten Erfolg verzeichneten. Die Ergebnisse haben wir in die drei Kategorien Serifenlose Schriften, Serifenschriften und Schreibschriften gegliedert.
Eurostile extras – Eurostile Candy und Eurostile Unicase von Akira Kobayashi
Die Anfang 2008 veröffentlichte Eurostile® Next ist eines der neuesten Mitglieder der Linotype Platinum Collection. Diese Familie ist eine digitale und erweiterte Neuversion der ursprünglichen Schrift. Ferner ist Eurostile Next ein weiterer Beitrag des künstlerischen Leiters von Linotype, Akira Kobayashi, zur Typografie des 21. Jahrhunderts. Natürlich haben Designer wie Akira nicht nur ernsthafte
[...]Überarbeitet, erweitert und mit zusätzlichen OpenType-Funktionen: Entdecken Sie die Neue Swift
Swift – nach einem Vogel benannt
Pfeilschnelle Mauersegler (englisch: swifts) ziehen Linien und spannende Bögen durch die Luft – Vorbild für Hand und Zeichenstift des Designers. Ihre langen, zierlichen Flügel und kurzen, kräftigen Rümpfe bilden markante Silhouetten, die diesen Buchstaben mit ihren gestreckten Serifen und ausgeprägten Formen verwandt sind.
Eigentlich kann Neue
[...]Adrian Frutiger: Right from the beginning, I was convinced that Avenir™ is the better Futura®.
Akira Kobayashi: I share your opinion, but some weights have been missing to make Avenir an all-purpose typeface.
Adrian Frutiger: You mean the condensed weights?
Akira Kobayashi: Yes, with this extension I’m sure Avenir will then be able to cut its own path.
Adrian Frutiger: Then we should get to work putting Avenir onto that path ...
Akira Kobayashi: Yes.
How to order Avenir Next:
Please
[...]Frutiger® – der Klassiker unter den serifenlosen Schriften.
Das Original gibt es direkt von Linotype als Einzelfont, Value Pack oder auf CD.
Über die Frutiger
Mit der Frutiger schuf der renommierte Schriftdesigner Adrian Frutiger ein wahres Meisterwerk. Beauftragt mit der Entwicklung des Leitsystems für den Pariser Flughafen Charles de Gaulle in Paris, bei dem gute Lesbarkeit oberstes Gebot war, erstellte Frutiger im Jahr 1968 die inzwischen legendäre Frutiger. Die ursprüngliche
[...]Die Schriften der Platinum Collection &ndash jetzt als Value Packs erhältlich.
Die Platinum Collection bildet die Exklusivserie von Linotype, in welcher Klassiker der Linotype Library perfektioniert wurden. In enger Zusammenarbeit mit den berühmtesten Schriftgestaltern entstanden grundlegend überarbeitete, vollständig ausgebaute Schriftfamilien, die technologisch und gestalterisch auf dem neuesten Stand sind. Diese neuen Schriftfamilien haben feine, harmonisch aufeinander abgestimmte
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Die richtigen Schriften für die drei offiziellen Amtschriften der Europäischen Union.
Mit dem Beitritt von Bulgarien im Januar 2007 ist neben dem lateinischen und griechischen Alphabets nun auch das kyrillsche Alphabet die dritte Schrift der Union.
Die Linotype Original-Fonts mit der Zusatzbezeichnung „W1G” erfüllen die Zeichensatzbelegung gemäß Linotype Norm W1G (World Glyph 1).
Sehen Sie hier, welche Sprachen mit den W1G-Fonts unterstützt werden (PDF-Dokument
[...]Adrian Frutiger is considered one of the most important typeface artists of the 20th century. He has been the creator of such internationally renowned typefaces as Avenir™, Linotype Centennial™, Frutiger™, Icone™, Meridien™ and Univers™. Numerous prizes distinguish his pioneering work in the fields of typography and the graphic arts.
More about the fonts:
Apollo™
The text typeface Apollo was designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1962–64, and was one of the first fonts produced by Monotype for
[...]Über die Lesbarkeit
Unter dem Einfluss der verschieden Druckverfahren hat die lateinische Textschrift subtile Formveränderungen erfahren. Grundsätzlich neue Formen sind jedoch keine entstanden. Als Demonstration dafür sind acht a in den meistgelesenen Schriftstilen mit einem Drehraster versehen und übereinander kopiert. Das Resultat zeigt eine erstaunliche Übereinstimmung.
Biography of Akira Kobayashi:
Studied at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo, and later followed this up with a calligraphy course at the London College of Printing. Freelance type designer since 1997.
Professional experience
April 1983–March 1989
Sha-ken Co. Ltd, Japan Typeface design department
December 1990–June 1993
Jiyu-kobo Ltd, Japan
September 1993–March 1997
TypeBank Co. Ltd, Japan
March 1997–April 2001
Freelance type designer
April 1998–April
[...]"Am 30. Dezember 1922 kam ich in der Schweiz, in Horgen am Zürichsee, zur Welt. In einem grossen Haus mit grossem Garten verbrachte ich meine Jugend, und viel Freizeit verbrachte ich auf dem See mit Segeln, Paddeln, Schwimmen und Fischen. Zeichnen und Malen waren aber seit meiner frühesten Kindheit meine Lieblingsbeschäftigungen.
Nach den Schulen absolvierte ich eine Lehre als Schriftsetzer. Anschliessend besuchte ich die Fachklasse für Typografie und die Fachklasse für Grafik an der Schule
[...]Aldo Novarese – born 29.6.1920 in Pontetura Monferrato, Italy, died 16.9.1995 in Turin, Italy – type designer, teacher.
1931-33: Attends the Scuola Arteri Stampatori in Turin, where he learns woodcut, copper engraving and lithography. 1933-36: attends the Scuola Tipografica Guiseppe Vigliandi Paravia in Turin. 1936: joins the Nebiolo type foundry in Turin as a draftsman. 1938: is awarded a gold medal in the national Ludi Juveniles art competition.
1948-58: teaches graphic drawing at the
[...]After training as a graphic designer, during which he focused on type design, Jean François Porchez (1964) worked as a type direcor at Dragon Rouge. By 1994, he had created the new typeface for Le Monde newspapers. Today he designs cusom typefaces for companies such as ratp (public transport in Paris), Peugeot, Cosa Crocieres, France Télécom, as well as disributing internationally his retail typefaces via his www.typofonderie.com website.
He was a jury member of the 3rd Linotype Type Design
[...]Jan Tschichold – born 2.4.1902 in Leipzig, Germany, died 11.8.1974 in Locarno, Switzerland – typographer, calligrapher, author, teacher.
1919–21: studies at the Akademie für Graphische Künste und Buchgewerbe in Leipzig. 1921–23: is one of Walter Tiemann’s master pupils and assistant to Hermann Delitsch.
1925: publication of Tschichold’s special issue of "Typographische Mitteilungen" magazine, entitled "elementare typographie". 1926–33: teaches typography and callygraphy at the
[...]Gerard Unger – born 22. 1. 1942 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands – graphic designer, typographer, type designer, teacher.
1963–67: studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Then assistant to Wim Crouwel at Total Design. 1970: starts teaching at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. From 1975 onwards: freelance designer. 1981: does typography work for Dutch coins and postage stamps. Redesigns numerous magazines. 1984: designs special digits for the Dutch telephone directories.
[...]Jackson Burke – born 1908 in San Francisco, California, USA, died 1975 – type designer. Studied at the University of California in Berkely.
1949–63: director of type development for Mergenthaler-Linotype. Responsible for the development of the TeleTypesetting System (TTS) for magazines and for the development of fonts for native American languages.
Fonts: Trade Gothic® (1948–60), Majestic (1953–56), Aurora (1960).
* TYPOGRAPHY – An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques
[...]German designer Hermann Zapf created the following fonts:
Aldus® (1954), Aldus Nova (2005), Aurelia™ (1983), Comenius® Antiqua BQ (1976), Edison™ (1978), Kompakt™ (1954), Marconi® (1976), Medici® Script (1971), Melior® (1952), Noris Script® (1976), Optima® (1958), Optima nova (2002), Orion™ (1974), Palatino™® (1950), Palatino nova (2005), Palatino™ Sans (2006), Saphir™ (1953), Sistina® (1950), Vario™ (1982), Venture™ (1969), Virtuosa® Classic (2009),
[...]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.
[...]Olaf Leu was born in Chemnitz in 1936. He apprenticed as a typesetter and typographic designer in the art department of the Bauer type foundry. Later, he worked as the assistant to the creative director at the Hanns W. Brose advertising agency in Frankfurt am Main.
In 1959, he began his career as a freelance graphic designer and art director. In 1971, he founded the studio “Olaf Leu Design” in Frankfurt am Main, which became known as “Olaf Leu Design und Partner” in 1976. The studio remained
[...]For over 40 years, Univers has remained one of the most used sanserifs. It binds the rational and economic elements of typography with a timeless elegance and modern grace. Its systematic construction and almost unlimited applications made Unviers a success in all corners of the world.
Due to the translation of typefaces from hot-metal setting to phototype, and shortly thereafter to digital typesetting, many new Univers families, some of which differed considerably from the original,
[...]The typeface Frutiger™ from the famous font designer Adrian Frutiger is immense popular. Now Linotype offers the complete font family on CD. This enables for the first time to receive the entire font family more easily and inexpensively than buying each font individually.
Euro Symbol: All fonts contain an integrated Euro symbol.
For Frutiger we offer two delivery methods:
– Order the entire Frutiger font family as Value Pack for instant download.
Or
– Order the entire Frutiger font
[...]The font Univers™ is one of the greatest typographic achievements of the second half of the 20th century The typeface has the advantage of having a variety of weights which even combined give an impression of steadiness and homogeneity. The clear, objective forms of Univers™ make this a legible font suitable for almost any typographic need.
In 1954 the type foundry Deberny & Peignot wanted to add a linear sans serif antiqua in serveral weights to the range of the Lumitype-fonts. Adrian
[...]The Univers® family of fonts designed by Adrian Frutiger more than forty years ago is one of the most innovative type creations of the modern age. Its introduction prompted a reappraisal of the sans serif.
While the forms of the Univers have their roots in the old grotesque types, they also combine features which rebel against the past. They carry in them the knowledge that type is part of the cultural heritage handed down from our forefathers, a heritage which we should neither ignore or
[...]Portrait
We can read because we perceive elements and forms which are familiar to us. So in order to even recognize words, we must first decipher the elements which make up the shapes of the letters – a process which involves the interplay of myriad aspects. To a certain degree, many of us are aware of these aspects. Yet Adrian Frutiger knows about such shifting dynamics in perception in a way no other person can, as he has been instrumental in researching the subject and over several decades
[...]Japanese designer Akira Kobayashi is Type Director at Linotype. Since joining Linotype, he has been responsible for the futher development of classic typefaces like Avenir, Optima, and Zapfino. He has created numerous typefaces of his own, many of which have received prizes from all across the typographic spectrum.
ITC Luna
Akira Kobayashi turned to the designs of the 1930s for his inspiration for both ITC Luna and ITC Silvermoon. "Luna is designed to fill the gap between a pure Art Deco
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