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Metrolite #2

Metrolite #2 font

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 little to do with...

Courier LT

Courier LT font

Courier is one of the most well-recognized typefaces in the world. Everyone recognizes it as the face originally designed for use on typewriters. A typical characteristic of older typewriters is that all characters are...

DIN Next Stencil

DIN Next Stencil font

The DIN Next™ Stencil suite of designs is DIN with an attitude. It’s even more industrial strength than the original. DIN Next Stencil’s seven roman weights are perfect for projects that require a mechanized,...

Garamond #3

Garamond #3 font

Opinion varies regarding the role of Claude Garamond (ca. 1480–1561) in the development of the Old Face font Garamond. What is accepted is the influence this font had on other typeface developments from the...

Brewery No 2

Brewery No 2 font

An entry in the Second Linotype Design Contest, Linotype Brewery, designed by Gustavs Andrejs Grinbergs, became part of the TakeType Collection in 1997. Brewery No 2 represents a significantly improved version of its precursor,...

Cascade Script

Cascade Script font

An original Freehand script designed for Mergenthaler in 1965 by Matthew Carter.

Caslon #3

Caslon #3 font

The Englishman William Caslon (1672–1766) first cut his typeface Caslon in 1725. His major influences were the Dutch designers Christoffel van Dijcks and Dirck Voskens. The Caslon font was long known as the script...

Caslon #540

Caslon #540 font

The Englishman William Caslon punchcut many roman, italic, and non-Latin typefaces from 1720 until his death in 1766. At that time most types were being imported to England from Dutch sources, so Caslon was...

Avenir Next

Avenir Next font

Avenir Next Pro is a new take on a classic face—it’s the result of a project whose goal was to take a beautifully designed sans and update it so that its technical standards surpass...

Agilita

Agilita font

Created by German designer Jürgen Weltin, Linotype’s Agilita is a contemporary humanist sans serif family with a wide variety of weights, including both ultra thin hairline options and heavier, dark type. Agilita has rather...