Introducing Neue Helvetica Arabic from Linotype
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 | Hands down, Helvetica® is the most popular typeface with our customers. Linotype’s Neue Helvetica typeface family, a more systematic build of the classic Helvetica design, came to market in 1983 and proved just as effective as the original. Today, Linotype’s Arabic specialist, Nadine Chahine, has translated this iconic design into Arabic. Neue Helvetica Arabic is a modern design that combines aspects of both the Kufi and Naskh styles for use in both headline and text settings. It is designed to be true to Arabic script aesthetics while still maintaining the versatility and command of the Neue Helvetica family. |
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 | Robin Nicholas, head of typography at Monotype UK, created Felbridge™ as an ideal “online” typeface. As a branding too, Felbridge Pro works in all imaginable environments, from traditional hardcopy materials to the newest web design; the family’s fonts are even suitable for general office use, e. g., in applications like Microsoft Word for Windows. Robin Nicholas’s design is a no-nonsense statement, whose letterforms are distinctive and effective communicators. A straightforward sans serif with strong and clear shapes, Felbridge will not degrade in low-resolution environments, and it maintains its legibility at relatively small point sizes. The Felbridge Italic letters have a slightly calligraphic flavor, with distinctive “hooked” strokes to improve fluency. |
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 | Neuropol X from Typodermic is a futuristic font recalling sci-fi flicks, video games, vectorbeams, and flatbed plotters. Its design bridges the style gap between the geometric sans serif fonts of the late 20th century and superelliptical futuristic fonts. The Neuropol X family offers 18 styles: three weights (light, regular, and bold) and three widths (condensed, regular and extended). There are italic fonts for each! In addition, the Neuropol X family includes two bonus styles: 3D and Burn. |
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 | We have launched a number of new typeface families into the world this year, and we are proud of the success and resonance that several of them have found with you! Now that the year draws to a close, why not take a look back at some of Linotype’s “greatest hits” for 2009? Maybe one of these will be your favorite design for 2010, too!
Sans Serif: Aeonis™, DIN Next, and Trade Gothic™ Next
Serif: Malabar™, Neue Swift®, Opal™, and Tendria™
Script: JP2™, Libelle™, and Virtuosa® Classic |
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 | Linotype distributes hundreds of CJK fonts from the DynaComWare type foundry. Recently, our East Asian font offerings have increased significantly, with 150 additional Chinese and Japanese fonts from DynaComWare. These fonts are aimed directly at individual users. You can purchase a single-user license for any of these large character set fonts for just 99 EUR/USD
(117.81 EUR/USD incl. VAT)! |
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 | Every month, new type foundries and their fonts join our online shops. |
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 | We have bundled together a special Christmas package for our customers: 25 popular classics in our W1G format. As our gift to you, this package may now be licensed for just 999 EUR/USD (1,188.81 EUR/USD incl. VAT)! This offer is valid through January 15, 2010. |
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 | This month, we are pleased to recommend two more books from Linotype.com’s book section: Retrofonts and Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles. Both offer retrospectives on past typefaces, graphic design, and printing history. These books are useful as visual references. Titles are treats for the eyes; they contain just enough additional text to frame their contents.
Retrofonts categorizes pop culture typefaces of the past—known and unknown – as well as a hefty chunk of revivals, too. The book even comes with a CD full of free fonts.
Type is primarily a gorgeous eye-candy display of scans from Jan Tholenaar’s collection of ornamental type specimens from the 1800s. Everyone here at Linotype wants copies of these two books underneath their Christmas trees! What do you think? |
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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 2010.
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Your Linotype Online Team
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This newsletter may contain forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements about the product, strategic or business plans of Linotype GmbH. Various important risks and uncertainties may cause our actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by these forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the implementation of product changes, the adoption of our products by the marketplace, or our ability to obtain and enforce intellectual property protection. For a further list and description of the risks and uncertainties we face, please refer to the the filings made by our parent company, Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements; whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise and such statements are current only as of the date they are made.
Helvetica and Trade Gothic are trademarks of Linotype Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions in the name of Linotype Corp. or its licensee Linotype GmbH. Swift and Virtuosa are trademarks of Linotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. Aeonis, JP2, Libelle, Malabar, Opal and Tendria are trademarks of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Felbridge is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
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