LinoLetter 2009/10

Another great newspaper typeface, and an extension to the Noa family, too

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A new and distinctive newspaper family - Robin Nicholas’ Ysobel
Introducing a Condensed extension for the Noa family
Holiday Savings – Special designs as low as USD/EUR 5.00 per font
Looking for Font Bargains? Visit the Nice Price Font Collection!

A new and distinctive newspaper family - Robin Nicholas’ Ysobel

Ysobel
Last month, we introduced you to Neue Swift®, a reboot of the famous Swift typeface, one of the 20th century’s most popular newspaper typefaces. This month, we are pleased to continue the newspaper typeface trend by presenting Ysobel™, a new workhorse family from Monotype. Inspired by the Century® and Century Schoolbook® typefaces of the early 20th century, Ysobel picks up on some of their soft, rounded letter shapes but contrasts these with more incised serifs and terminals. Consisting of text and display versions, Ysobel was designed by Robin Nicholas, head of typography at Monotype UK. Robin is no stranger to the newspaper genre, having developed the Nimrod® family almost 30 years ago. For the text weights, Robin was assisted by Delve Withrington. Alice Savoie assisted in the design of the display cuts.
Read our in-depth feature about the details of the Ysobel family.

Introducing a Condensed extension for the Noa family

Noa condensed
What started as a design project at Denmark’s Designschool Kolding eventually developed into the corporate typeface of KLM airlines. How’s that for a typographic success story? Danish designer Nina Lee Storm created the basic Noa™ typeface family during the late 1990s, while she was still a student. After releasing the fonts through Linotype, her creation became quite a success. This style of sans serif went on to win many clients. In light of this, Nina just expanded the basic six-member family, bring the new number of Noa fonts to 12. The new additions are all condensed versions, making the family even more versatile in corporate identity projects.
In addition to the new fonts‚ we also have more Noa Value Packs for you!

Holiday Savings – Special designs as low as USD/EUR 5.00 per font

Holiday Savings
It may just be the middle of October, but the holidays always come around faster than you expect. Grocery stores are already beginning to stock Christmas candies and holiday decorations. None of the LinoLetter staff have gotten around to making their Christmas or New Year’s cards yet, but it is time for us to get on the ball. When we do, we’ll surely peruse some of the following Linotype products:
Christmas Ornaments™One
Christmas Ornaments™Two
Christmas Ornaments™Three
Christmas Ornaments™Four
Christmas Ornaments™Five
Christmas Ornaments™Six
ITC Stained Glass™ Pi
Sweeney Regular
Sweeney LinoCut
Linotype Festtagsfont™ Regular
Linotype Xmas Pi #1
Linotype Xmas Pi #2
Xmas™ Essentials
Xmas Story
Xmas Modern
These 15 fonts are sure to set the mood for cheer and gift giving. Whether you use them together, or separately, these selections will work to create a superb seasonal spirit. Pick and choose from the list as you like! Until Christmas, each of these fonts is available for the special low price of USD/EUR 5.00!
Get your seasonal font shopping done ahead of time!

Looking for Font Bargains? Visit the Nice Price Font Collection!

Nice Price Library
The new Nice Price Font Collection is a great little collection of fonts at great prices. Whether you are a scrapbooker, an educator, or a home or small business user, these distinctive designs combine perfectly with your operating system’s bundled fonts to help you tackle a wide variety of projects.
Great fonts for less. Learn more at Linotype.com.

Special Linotype.com page featuring designs with the Libelle typeface

Libelle
We’ve received a series of lettering experiments created with Jovica Veljovic’s English Copperplate Script face Libelle™. These designs are so spectacularly cool that we just had to share them with all of our customers.
Click here to see them for yourself!

Save the Gastrotypographicalassemblage that Lou Dorfsman designed over 40 years ago

Save the Gastrotypographicalassemblage
Did you know about the Lou Dorfsman CBS Wall? Some designers call it the “Gastrotypographicalassemblage,” since it was located in the CBS New York City building’s cafeteria, and it listed the names of many foodstuffs in various lettering styles. The Center for Design Study has inherited the pieces of this iconic piece of American Graphic Design history, and it raising money to restore it to its original 1960s glory.
Learn more about this fascinating project at their website.
We hope you found this issue of the LinoLetter informative and useful. We highly appreciate your feedback at info@linotype.com

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