The Austrian designer Herbert O. Modelhart created the font in 1997. Linotype Reducta is part of the Take Type Library, chosen from contestants of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. The font was designed with only a small number of constant form elements. The cool and technical Linotype Reducta is intended exclusively for headlines in large point sizes. Linotype Reducta is part of the Linotype Library. Linotype Reducta is a trademark of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions, exclusively licensed through Linotype GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.