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.
Retravaillée, agrandie et dotée de nouvelles fonctions OpenType – Découvrez Neue Swift
Swift comme martinet
Le vol du martinet (en anglais: swift) est vif comme l’éclair. Ses droites et ses courbes inspirèrent la main et le crayon du dessinateur. Les ailes longues et gracieuses, le corps robuste et ramassé se retrouvent dans ce caractère, son corps et ses longs empattements. Les lettres de cette police ont des empattements larges et prononcés qui rappellent la silhouette de cet
[...]The high-quality fonts of renowned Dutch designer Gerard Unger offer versatile application in typography today.
More about the fonts:
Demos™
Gerard Unger designed Demos for the German technology corporation Dr.-Ing Rudolf Hell* in 1976. Originally intended for use in the typesetting of newspapers, Demos was one of the new digital generation's first typefaces, well suited for book printing as well. Its robust forms and rounded corners make this face particularly legible and flexible, it
[...]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.
[...]Swiss designer Silvan Kaeser created the font Seebad™ in 2002.
Silvan Kaesar designed Seedbad after observing the unique sign lettering along the shores of Lake Geneva’s bathing area. Seebad's four different settings represent the cutting edge new style of Swiss design, which spans the bridge between modern and contemporary. Containing geometrically forms, Seebad has a narrow base. Some characters (the lowercase “t”, for example) display unicase, even uncial-like tendencies.
[...]Ramiz Guseynov created the fonts Cargo, Compass, Fermo, Fox, and Septa.
Fontes d’affiches
Seebad is a trademark of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Swift is a trademark of Linotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. Swift is a trademark of Linotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions in the name of Linotype Corp. or its licensee Linotype GmbH.
