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Neue Plak™ font family
Designed by Linda Hintz in 2018 and Toshi Omagari in 2018 and Paul Renner in 1930
Up to 60 Typefaces / 1 Value Packs
Supports at least 33 languages (Pro / OT CFF)
Available licenses for all styles:
Supports up to 74 languages.
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Supports up to 23 OpenType features.
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A little-known design by Futura designer Paul Renner gets a long overdue update by Linda Hintz and Toshi Omagari, in this reliable and impactful industrial sans serif. Neue Plak offers more weights and widths than the original 1928 design, extending its use for branding, editorial, logos and UIs.
The pair based their updated and extended version on the original Plak wood type, uncovering lost details and incorporating them as alternates – including the choice between open or strikethrough counters. Neue Plak's outwardly stubborn personality is counteracted by unexpected details, which make for an unusual juxtaposition of severe and playful.
“It felt like we should pay Paul Renner more tribute,” says Hintz, who spent time researching the typeface in Hamburg's Museum der Arbeit. “The forms themselves are partly quirky, partly really fun, but with a German stiffness that makes for a strange mix.”
Neue Plak offers 60 weights, including a new text version that pairs well with the display weights, and allows the design to function in print and digital environments, and for a wide range of uses.
Neue Plak Text Variables are font files which are featuring one axis and have a preset instance from Thin to Black.