Merchandise and Brochures
In this section you will find products that complement the Linotype portfolio. From DVDs, through booklets to posters – there is something for everyone!
| Product | Fonts in Focus 9 |  |
| Description | Fonts in Focus 9 is out – enjoy the latest edition of our award-winning customer magazine with so many interesting things to see and read: a typographical treat for all typography fans. Fonts in Focus 9 is available for only 5 Euros/USD, towards costs of handling and shipping. Order now, while stocks last! Published in English and German. |
| Product | Fonts in Focus 8 |  |
| Description | Our last number of “Fonts in Focus”, the first issue with the revamped design, turned out to be an absolute winner and was awarded a prize at the 57th Type Directors Club Competition. The latest issue with its superb design, fascinating articles and new fonts, is now available. You can obtain Fonts in Focus 8 free of charge directly from us – we will only ask you to contribute Euro 3.00 towards costs of handling and shipping. Order now, while stocks last! Published in English and German. |
| Product | Fonts in Focus 7 |  |
| Description | Fonts in Focus is a magazine published at regular intervals in which Linotype offers you informative and eye-catching articles and contributions on the subject of typography. For the 7th and latest issue of Fonts in Focus, we have adopted a new and contemporary layout. Together with a fascinating feature article on the history of the Times typeface, you will also find many of our most recent font designs and other interesting contributions and illustrations. You can obtain Fonts in Focus 7 free of charge directly from us – we will only ask you to contribute Euro 3.00 towards costs of handling and shipping. Order now, while stocks last! Published in English and German. |
| Product | Book “Mr. Typo and The Lost Letters” |  |
| Description | Mr. Typo is a type enthusiast who has been witness to all the major type developments since 1886. Now he is concerned about all the font piracy that is going on, and has embarked on a new adventure in Mr. Typo and the Lost Letters. Show your support for type designers by wearing his new T-Shirts. American customers: please click here for the US Shop. European customers: please click here for the European Shop. |
| Product | Book “Alphabet Stories” (English) |  |
| Description | This richly illustrated, first person narrative encompasses Professeur Hermann Zapf’s life and work from his childhood days in Nuremberg though to his newest typeface releases with Linotype GmbH. Along the way, war and peace are documented, as well as Prof. Zapf’s progression from calligraphy to computer programming. Read first hand about the changes in type design typesetting, from handset letters to hot-metal Linotype machinery to photo type and digital fonts. Among the book’s many secrets: typefaces for musical notation, the history behind Palatino™, Optima™ and Zapfino’s developments, a Cherokee syllabary, Donald Knuth, and even Steve Jobs. Book Details: Hardbound, blue cloth cover with gold embossing. First book published with both Palatino nova and Palatino Sans. Published by Mergenthaler Edition/Linotype GmbH, Bad Homburg (Germany) and RIT/Cary Graphic Arts Press, Rochester, New York (USA). Width: 19 cm, height: 27.8 cm, depth: 2.1 cm 154 pages, 670 grams, ISBN 3-9810319-6-2 |
| Product | Typeface Catalog A–Z OpenType |  |
| Description | Sift through the OpenType typefaces of the libraries of Monotype, Linotype, ITC and Adobe by using this simple reference work; hot off the press, this book is the new edition of our “font bible”! The book’s classically designed pages are bound together inside a beautiful hardcover, with light embossing on the front and spine. The typeface families are shown grouped together in the following seven categories: Sans Serif, Serif, Script and Brush, Decorative and Display, Uncial and Blackletter, Pi and Symbol, Central European and Non-Latin. A detailed introduction and appendix explain the various font formats and character sets in detail. The A–Z Typeface Catalog is trilingual; all text is printed in English, French, and German. 576 pages, 21 x 28 cm, 1,860 g. |
| Product | Book “A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures” |  |
| Description | Graphic Designer Antonia Henschel presents a series of isolated words in this book – all of them "four-letter words." Each one in her collection has been set with a different font, all coming from the Linotype GoldEdition™ 1.7 package. This opens a completely new view way of looking at these familiar terms and well-known fonts, especially when one compares and contrasts individual words found throughout the book. 128 pages, 17 x 24 cm, Paperback. Mergenthaler Edition from Linotype, Bad Homburg ISBN 3-9810319-0-3 |
| Product | Book “trytype – experiments in typography” |  |
| Description | A cooperative project between Linotype GmbH and the University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden. For two semesters under the leadership of Prof. Guido Ludes and Stefanie Weber, Certified Designer, students at the University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden experimented with selected typefaces from Linotype. The results of this typographical research are presented in trytype, ranging from linear black-and-white graphics all the way up to complex, three dimensonal font universes, literary interpretations and freehand illustrations. Examples of the didactic steps that led to the creation of the various works are shown and explained in sketches. Not only does this unique combination make trytype a rich source of inspiration, inviting us to view and discover typography in a new light, the book should also be understood as an encouragement to work with characters and typographic systems in ways fully independent of readability. 152 pages, 23,5 x 27,5 cm, Hardcover with blind embossed and dust jacket. Published by Mergenthaler Edition from Linotype GmbH, Bad Homburg ISBN 3-9810-319-1-1 |
| Product | Book “Helvetica – Homage to a Typeface” |  |
| Description | This book includes designs gathered together in honor of the typeface Helvetica, created by superb designers and anonymous amateurs from all over the world. English, Paperback. |
| Product | Font Badges Poster |  |
| Description | Experience the complete creative potential of Linotype’s typefaces in one glance! Our new poster series features almost 1,000 examples of Linotype’s fonts in use. Spread across four individual posters, Linotype’s “Font Badges” show designer-interpretations of our most popular products. Over a dozen designers devoted over six months to this mammoth project, whose results can also be viewed one the font family pages at Linoytpe.com. The poster set can be purchased on its own for just USD/EUR 19 (rolled version) or USD/EUR 12 (folded version). |
| Product | CD “The world of alphabets by Hermann Zapf” |  |
| Description | This kaleidoscope of drawings and letterforms represents a highlight in the era of new, digital media. More than 200 works have been chosen, digitized and integrated in a virtual exhibition of his work. Sitting at a computer you can choose various paths to explore the masterpieces of Hermann Zapf. E.g. drawing of Palatino Italic, drawing of the Gilgengart Typeface, Foundry proof sheet of Optima Roman, Manuale Typographicum, preamble of the Charter of the United Nations and other typographic variations. Hermann Zapf has dedicated this digital edition to his wife, Gudrun Zapf von Hesse, who has provided him with congenial companionship in her own artistic work for more than 50 years. |
Online publications
(These brochures are currently only available to view online in electronic form as the publications have been sold out)
| Brochure | Agilita – Harmony & Function |  |
| Description | A 28-page brochure packed with information on the Agilita font family that also provides numerous application examples. The brochure is in English and German. |
| Brochure | Avenir Next |  |
| Description | A 16-page brochure on the popular Avenir Next – full of information and richly illustrated. The brochure is in English, German, and French. |
| Brochure | Linotype Compatil™ Type System - designed for legibility |  |
| Description | Informative 42-pages brochure about Linotype Compatil, the first type system to incorporate a comprehensive range of typographic features to deliver optimum legibility and design potential. This brochure is available in English and German. |
| Brochure | ITC New Esprit |  |
| Description | 24-page brochure on ITC New Esprit by Jovica Veljovic. The introductory text is in English, French, German and Spanish. The text within the brochure is in various languages. The brochure also contains many sample fonts. |
| Brochure | Die Eurostile Next |  |
| Description | Two-page article from the April 2004 issue of “Publishing Praxis” on the history of Eurostile and its development to Eurostile Next. Available in German only. |
| Brochure | Generis – a new typeface system |  |
| Description | 40 pages of information, including suggested applications and sample fonts, on the Generis font system by Erik Faulhaber. In English and German. |
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