LinoLetter 2008/12

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In this Issue: Eurostile extras – Akira Kobayashi’s Eurostile Candy & Eurostile Unicase Floral formalism – Waza and its beautiful swashes Monotype Imaging’s new Latin/Arabic system – Meet Tanseek An old classic, now available as an unbeatable font family – ITC Franklin Eurostile extras – Akira Kobayashi’s Eurostile Candy & Eurostile Unicase Eurostile® Candy and Eurostile Unicase are fun spinoffs of the new Eurostile family. Both take the Eurostile idea in new display-oriented directions. In Eurostile Candy, corners and joints have been rounded off for a friendly and softer image. The main skeletons of many characters have been modified; extra strokes have been removed (e.g., in a, s, and t) and letters like n and r have been simplified. In Eurostile Unicase, ascenders and descenders have been traded in for alternates of letters that all share the same height. The effect is similar to using all caps, although this is quite a bit quirkier. Odd relationships such as these give text a more fresh and funky feeling. Try using either for headlines and titles, then use Eurostile Next for the body text! Discover a master designer’s more creative side by reading more about these typefaces online.   Floral formalism – Waza and its beautiful swashes Franciszek Otto, a designer and teacher in Poland, recently released Waza™, a refreshing copperplate script. A formal handwriting style from England, copperplate script fonts occasionally appear a bit stuffy and old fashioned. As a nice contrast, Waza kicks up the volume with very elaborate, almost melodramatic swash capitals; ascenders and descenders in Waza’s lowercase letters also curve a bit more than normal. Franciszek Otto also added a unique rhythm to his lowercase: individual letters seem to undulate, slightly swaying up and down. Make messages more seductive! Choose Waza for your next project.   Monotype Imaging’s new Latin/Arabic system – Meet Tanseek The Tanseek™ typeface family is one of the first multi-style typeface systems to create a harmonious blend of Arabic, Latin, serif, and sans serif for 21st century graphic communicators. Historically, setting Arabic and Latin typefaces together was challenging. Tanseek provides users around the world with a solid typographic system including related Arabic, Latin, serif, sans serif, modern, and traditional elements. Compatibility and harmony between Arabic and Latin typography cannot be achieved by simply combining standard typefaces; a new technique is needed. This is what Tanseek – meaning harmony in Arabic – achieves. Its two sets of alphabet groupings relate stylistically: traditional Arabic with Latin serif, and modern Arabic with Latin sans serif. Bring harmony to your multilingual texts!   An old classic, now available as an unbeatable font family – ITC Franklin The ITC Franklin™ typeface marks the next phase in the evolution of one of the most important American gothic typefaces. Franklin Gothic™ was long a favorite among typesetters. In 1980, under license from American Type Founders, ITC created four new weights while still preserving the characteristics of the original design. This series was followed in 1991 by a suite of 12 condensed and compressed designs drawn by David Berlow. The 22-font ITC Franklin Gothic family has now grown to 48 designs and is called simply ITC Franklin. The new designs range from the very willowy Thin to the robust Ultra – with Light, Medium Bold, and Black weights in between. Each weight is also available in Narrow, Condensed, and Compressed variants, and each design has a complementary Italic. Immerse yourself and your work in ITC Franklin’s multiple weights and styles.

Visit us at Macworld in San Francisco In January 2009, Linotype will present new products at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Visit us at our booth there between January 6 and 9, 2009! Check out the font events page for more information. TypeTogether and Archive Type – New at Linotype.com and in the FontExplorer X Store Every month, new type foundries and their fonts join our online shops. Click here to see a complete list of all of over 70 additional foundries whose libraries have been added to the Linotype website, and jump directly to the new designs from TypeTogether or to Archive Type! Best-Selling Fonts of 2008 Which fonts rank among Linotype’s best sellers of the past year? Click here to see the list! Are your favorites among them?

We hope you found this issue of the LinoLetter informative and useful. We highly appreciate your feedback at info@linotype.com The next issue of this newsletter will be published and dropped in your mailbox in January 2009. Your Linotype Online Team

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