Legible Fonts

Linotype Didot eText

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:2013
Post category:legible

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…

Linotype Ergo

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1997
Post category:legible

Ergo is a relatively new font oriented on the form philosophy of Univers and Frutiger, namely, that a font which the eye should see as correct cannot be constructed. The…

Malabar eText

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:2011,2012
Post category:legible

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…

Melior

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1952
Post category:legible

Designer Hermann Zapf set out to create a typeface that was ideally suited to newspapers and other legibility applications. Melior is that typeface, released by the Stempel foundry in 1952.…

Memphis

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1929
Post category:legible

Egyptian, or slab serif, typefaces surged to popularity in the early 1800s. Memphis was the first Egyptian revival, designed by Dr. Rudolf Wolf in 1929 for the Stempel foundry. The…

Memphis Cyrillic

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1929-36
Post category:legible

Because of the geometric basis of its forms, Memphis is often thought of as a font for technical fields, making a rational, purposeful impression. This emphasis on objectivity is well-suited…

Meridien

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1957
Post category:legible

Undertaken in 1957 for Deberny & Peignot, Adrian Frutiger’s Meridien develops the Latin form into a classical text face of brilliant texture. Effective distribution of this exceptional face has been…

Metrolite #2

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1929-30
Post category:legible

In 1929 Chauncey Griffith at Mergenthaler commissioned W.A. Dwiggins to design a warmer and less mechanical Geometric Sanserif to compete with Futura. Dwiggins’ best efforts proved that human warmth had…

Monticello

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:2005
Post category:legible

Linotype Monticello was designed by C.H. Griffith in 1946. Its design is based on James Ronaldsons Roman No.1 and Oxford Typefaces from American Type Founders and was revised by Matthew…

Neue Frutiger Arabic

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:2020
Post category:legible

Neue Frutiger Arabic was created by Nadine Chahine and a team of designers and font engineers from the Monotype Studio, under the direction of Monotype type director Akira Kobayashi. The…