Script Fonts

Linotype Tapeside

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1997
Post category:script

Linotype Tapeside is part of the Take Type Library, chosen from the entries of the Linotype-sponsored International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. British designer Stephan B. Murphy…

Linotype Trajanus

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1940
Post category:script

Warren Chappell named his font after the Roman emperor Trajanus, who ruled in the first century AD. The Roman capitals on Trajanus’ memorial combined with the lower case style from…

Linotype Zensur

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1997
Post category:script

Linotype Zensur is part of the Take Type Library, chosen from the entries of the Linotype-sponsored International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. This fun font was created…

Mateo

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1994
Post category:script

Linotype Mateo is part of the Take Type Library, which features the winners of Linotype’s International Digital Type Design Contest from 1994 to 1997. Jürgen Ellenberger included three styles in…

Matthia

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1994
Post category:script

Linotype Matthia is part of the Take Type Library, which features the winners of Linotype’s International Digital Type Design Contest from 1994 to 1997. Dieter Kurz designed Matthia as a…

Mengelt Basel Antiqua

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:2014
Post category:script

Inspired by the excellent serif fonts of the Basel printer of the 15th and 16 Century, Christian Mengelt designed the Mengelt Basel Antiqua. The typeface is a Renaissance Antiqua with…

Midan

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:2005
Post category:script

Midan, designed in 2005 by Kameel Hawa, director of Almohtaraf Assaudi, is a modern Arabic typeface based on simplified Naskh with a slightly modulated stroke treatment. It is suited for…

Noris Script

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:February 24, 2020
Post category:script

Drawn by master German calligrapher Hermann Zapf in the 1970s, Noris Script captures the magic of the irregularities of pen strokes. The idea behind Noris Script was to bring the…

Omnia

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:1990
Post category:script

Omnia was designed in 1990 by calligrapher Karlgeorg Hoefer for Linotype as part of the Type Before Gutenberg series. This typeface is based on the uncial hand, written from the…

Pirouette

Post author:Linotypestaff
Post published:2004
Post category:script

Pirouette is based on a logo that Japanese designer Ryuichi Tateno created for a packaging design project in 1999 (a shampoo container!). Tateno's logo experimented with complex, overlapped swash letterforms.…