The Linotype Easter Font Selection
The change of seasons brings a breath of fresh air into our daily routine. It is time to open the windows and let the sun in! Invite your neighbors over for tea, or if the weather is right, a BBQ! The fonts you’ll need are now all viewable here in this specially edited selection.
No sand required to enjoy this collection of Beach Party-themed fonts. These designs conjure up images ranging from 1960s surfers to tiki huts to DJs playing techno music in a sandpit. So no matter if you are promoting a party, documenting travel adventures, or designing packaging for summertime products, these typefaces will certainly give you that “fun in the sun” feeling.
Scare up some Halloween spirits with these 33 spooky styled fonts!
No matter if you are throwing a costume party, advertising for a haunted house, or just trying create a ghoulish atmosphere, these fonts are guaranteed to be just what you need!
The Halloween Value Pack gives you five great fonts for one low price. Included in it are three creepy typefaces and two horriffic Pi fonts!
We also offer many other designs as individual weights. Here are our picks for many other great designs!
Italian designer Alessio Leonardi creates experimental typefaces that capture the Zeitgeist of the 1990s, and are full of charm and wit to boot!
More about the fonts:
F2F Al Retto™
Like a game of Tertis gone awry, Alessio Leonardi’s F2F Al Retto is an alphabet full of boxy, outlined squares that seem to move across lines of text. This typeface should be set large, so that its subtle movement-like qualities may best be observed.
F2F Allineato™
A double wavy outline roughly defines
[...]Swedish designer Lutz Baar creates noteworthy and well-rounded typefaces with a modern and contemporary vibe.
More about the fonts:
Linotype Atlantis™
Atlantis is classified as a European sans serif. In comparison to its American cousins, which display the heavier influence of an antiqua, the European version usually have strictly constructed forms. Those of Atlantis are based on the geometric forms of the circle, square and rectangle. The a is rather stout and the g has an open descender,
[...]The British designer Ed Bugg created the fonts Linotype Agogo™ (1997), Kanban™ (1992) and Linotype Sunburst™ (1997). Linotype Agogo and Linotype Sunburst are included in the TakeType Library, chosen from the contestants of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997.
Linotype Agogo is reminiscent of the elegant 1920s and 1930s. It is a calligraphy font with five weights, one regular and four swash. The regular weight alone is clear and legible enough even for longer
[...]American designer Stanley Davis created the font Amelia™ in 1965. What sets Linotype Amelia apart from all the rest are its unusual inner spaces. Their teardrop forms lead the readers eye through the line of text. These teardrop shapes can also be seen in the contours of the characters themselves, making the letters look rounded and flexible. Amelia speaks the language of the digital age. The flowing strokes and round forms give it an uncomplicated and lively look.
Colin Brignall – born 1940 in Warwickshire, England – photographer, type designer, art director. Started work as photographer for the fashion trade, the press and industry.
1964: joins the Letraset Type Studio as photographic technician. Since 1974: type designer for Letraset International. Since 1980: type director for Esselte Letraset in London.
Fonts: Countdown™ (1965), Aachen™ (1969), Premier™ Lightline (1969), Revue™ (1969), Premier™ shaded (1970), Superstar™ (1970), Octopuss™
[...]The designer Roland John Goulsbra created the fonts Linotype Agrafie™ in 1994. This font family is included in the TakeType Library, chosen from the contestants of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997.
In 2002 Roland John Goulsbra created the font Linotype Textur™.
The German designer Bjoern Hansen created the font Linotype Algologfont™ in 1997. This font is part of the TakeType Library, chosen from the contestants of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. Linotype Algologfont contains exclusively capital letters and the forms of the characters look like branches or driftwood bent to form an alphabet and punctuation. The font is very flexible and can give text either a myterious and strange impression or a free and natural
[...]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).
American designer Frank Marciuliano created the following fonts:
Linotype Abstract™ (2002), Linotype Automat™ (2002), Linotype Breeze™ (2002), Linotype Constitution™ (2002), Linotype Isilda™ (2002), ITC Jaft™ (1996), ITC Jambalaya™ (1996), Linotype Labyrinth™ (2002), Linotype Lindy™ (2002), Linotype Mediterraneo™ (2002), ITC Schizoid™ (1997).
The German designer Johannes Plass created the fonts Linotype Animalia™, Linotype Atomatic™ and Linotype Auferstehung™ in 1997. These fonts are included in the TakeType Library, chosen from the contestants of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997.
Linotype Animalia is full of surprises. It is like a walk through the zoo, where the j is a shark chasing a small fish and the K is a moose gazing at the sky. Linotype Animalia is intended exclusively for use in
[...]The Swiss designer Isabelle Stutz created Linotype Belle™ Plain in 1999.
Linotype Belle Plain, a casual script face, is a winner font of Linotype’s 3rd International Digital Type Design Contest. The letters in this design have a light, informal nature, and appear as if they were written out quickly, using a writing instrument similar to a ballpoint pen. Linotype Belle has two fonts to offer: Linotype Belle Plain and Linotype Belle Bonus. Linotype Belle Bonus contains more extravagant,
[...]Italian designer Alessio Leonardi created the following fonts:
F2F Al Retto™ (1996), F2F Allineato™ (1995), F2F CoolWool™ (1994), HaManga Irregular™ (1994), F2F Madame Butterfly™ (1996), F2F Mekanik Amente™ (1993), F2F Mekkaso Tomanik™ (1994), F2F Metamorfosi™ (1995), F2F Poison Flowers™ (1994), F2F Prototipa Multipla™ (1996), F2F Provinciali™ (1995), F2F Tagliatelle Sugo™ (1996), F2F Ale™ (1994), F2F Simbolico™ (1994).
Take a look at the personal designer portrait of Alessio Leonardi.
German designer Hans-Jürgen Ellenberger created the following fonts:
Linotype Albafire™ (2002), Linotype Albatross™ (2002), Linotype Albawing™ (2002), Linotype Aspect™ (1999), Linotype Beluga™ (2003), Cajoun™ (2002), Carlin Script™ (2002), Linotype Colibri™ (1999), Linotype Escript™ (2003), Linotype Inagur™ (1999), Mateo™ (1994), Linotype Pegathlon™ (1999), Linotype Rana™ (1997), Linotype Traco™ (1999), Linotype Biosymbols™ (2003), Linotype Chemsymbols™ (2003), Linotype Chemtools™ (2003),
[...]Swedish designer Lutz Baar created the following fonts:
Linotype Atlantis™ (1999), Balder™ (1994), Linotype Feltpen™ (1997), Linotype Kaliber™ (1999), Linotype Nordica™ (1997), Linotype Ordinar™ (1999), Linotype Pisa™ (1997).
Please take a look at the personal designer portrait of Lutz Baar.
Gustav Jaeger, son of a printer, studied at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main. An enthusiast for type and typography from an early age, he started his career at the Bauer typefoundry, where he developed type specimens promoting the work of Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum. Encouraged by the former, he designed contemporary 1970s display types for H. Berthold AG. He progressed to text types, the first of which, Seneca® BQ, was released by Berthold in 1977. Many others followed,
[...]Find further Font Features in our Font Feature Archive.
Typographic Tip of the Month from Linotype’s Type Director Akira Kobayashi!
August 2006: Use a typeface’s swash characters for design variation
Many typefaces are equipped with alternate swash characters that are intended to act as a further element in a designer’s tool kit. Yet swashes – elaborate and flourished letters for decorative initials – are best situated at the beginning or end of words or
[...]3rd International Design Contest
The Winners of the Category Display
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
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Agrafie, Ale, Amelia, Becket, Linotype Abstract, Linotype Afrika, Linotype Agogo, Linotype Albafire, Linotype Algologfont, Linotype Animalia, Linotype Atlantis and Linotype Belle are trademarks of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Andreas is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Aachen, Arriba, Avenida, Belwe, Bitmax and ITC Arnova are trademarks of International Typeface Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
