Rundfunk Antiqua

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Rundfunk-Antiqua was originally designed as a font for small point size and shorter texts. It was presented 1933/35 by Linotype Designstudio but unfortunately never developed as a font family, including…

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Rundfunk Grotesk font

Rundfunk Grotesk

Rundfunk Grotesk was produced together with Rundfunk Antiqua by the Linotype Design Studio in 1933-1935. The combination was originally intended for small point sizes and shorter texts. Unfortunately, this typeface…

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Rusticana font

Rusticana

Rusticana was designed in 1992 by Adrian Frutiger for Linotype’s Type Before Gutenberg series. Rusticana is based on very early Roman inscriptions, which were in turn based on earlier Greek…

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Ruzicka Freehand font Sabon font

Sabon

In the early 1960s, the German Master Printers’ Association requested that a new typeface be designed and produced in identical form on both Linotype and Monotype machines so that text…

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Sabon eText font

Sabon eText

A clear and enjoyable reading experience hinges on the legibility of text copy, especially when reading on screen. This is why Monotype has developed the eText collection of fonts specifically…

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Salto font

Salto

Salto was developed by Karlgeorg Hoefer and introduced in 1952 by the foundry Gebr. Klingspor in Offenbach. The capital letters were drawn with a brush, the lower case with a…

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Samba font

Samba

The Samba family was inspired by the lettering art of J. Carlos, a Brazilian illustrator during the early 20th century. Turned into a workable series of fonts by the contemporary…

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San Marco font

San Marco

San Marco was designed in 1990 by Karlgeorg Hoefer for Linotype as part of the Type Before Gutenberg series. The design is based on the full and rounded Italian and…

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Schnitz font

Schnitz

Linotype Schnitz is part of the Take Type Library, selected from the contestants of Linotype’s International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. Designed by the Finnish artist Osmo…

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