Fonts of Lutz Baar in the Linotype Library

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, another characteristic of the European sans serifs. Atlantis has almost no variation in stroke width and the strokes are so optically balanced that the eye sees them as identical. Only portions of a few strokes display a slight reduction in weight. The cool, clear Atlantis is a good choice for both body text and headlines. Similar typefaces are Paul Renner’s Future and the Gill of Eric Gill.

Balder™
Balder is a part of the Take Type Library, winners of Linotype’s International Digital Type Design Contest. Balder is reminiscent of advertisement and poster typefaces of the 1950s and 1960s. It is composed of only capital letters, making it perfect for initials and headlines. Balder looks as though it were written with a broad tipped pen. Its light serifs at the tops of the characters and the slant of some of the strokes give Balder a dynamic feel.


Linotype Feltpen™
The fun font Linotype Feltpen is part of the Take Type Library, chosen from the contestants of Linotype’s International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. Lutz Baar designed it with clear, light forms. The spontaneous, even letters seem to have been written with the felt pen from which the font takes its name. Linotype Feltpen is available in two weights, regular and medium, both suitable for short and middle length texts and medium for headlines as well.


Linotype Kaliber™
Linotype Kaliber is a constructed, modular type family. Because of its consistent rhythm, these faces offer a solid typographic image and a refreshingly contemporary feel.


Linotype Nordica™
The two all-caps fonts that make up the Linotype Nordica family are a refreshingly expressive approach to headline face design. Each font includes two versions of each letter within it. These narrow creations appear as if they had been carved into wood, or cut out of thick, dark paper. All of Linotype Nordica’s curves are made up of several straight lines: it is their quality that lends the type its unique appearance.


Linotype Ordinar™
Take Type font Linotype Ordinar is a headline type, available in regular, italic and double weights. The figures are based on the form of a rectangle. The forms on the base line are relatively large and the ascenders and descenders relatively short. The strong figures make a modern and cool overall impression and emphasize the vertical strokes. Among one another, the letters are rather similar, which can reduce legibility in longer texts. Linotype Ordinar is best for short to middle length texts and headlines. Linotype Ordinar double can be seen as a kind of experiement. The figures of the other two weights are set against a background of an outline typeface, which interrupts the strict character of the typeface on the whole and makes it look three dimensional. The unique characteristics of this font are especially highlighted when it is used in its negative form.


Linotype Pisa™
Linotype Pisa is a modern text font based on the humanistic Old Face style. The dynamic lines and harmonious proportions make Linotype Pisa a pleasant and legible font. Distinguishing characteristics are the elongated cross strokes of the capital A, B, E, F and P and the slanted cross stroke of the lower case e, typical of Venecian Old Face characters of the 15th century. Linotype Pisa is well-suited to longer texts and headlines.