Discover legacy content from FontShop.com, preserved for your reference.

Neo Sans and Microgramma | FontShop
Please update your browser. Why?

Neo Sans and Microgramma

Noah Nazir
N
Last edited November 28, 2017
Neo Sans
Microgramma
winter
ultraviolets
This freezer is out of control

The branding agency's client wanted an "ultra modern" typeface that was "futuristic without being gimmicky or ephemeral," according to the design brief. Designer Sebastian Lester took on this intriguing custom font assignment, but soon, a bureaucratic decision cancelled the project."I was left with a sketchbook full of ideas and thought it would be a shame not to see what came of them," says... Read More

grapes
fiddlesticks
Danger! Dinosaur area, keep out

Following to Swiss design principles, Alessandro Butti and Aldo Novarese designed the Microgramma font for the Nebiolo typefoundry in 1952. Microgramma is wide, almost like an "extended" font, and it has the typical look of 1950s industrial design. The font has been immensely popular as a display face ever since its original release. Use it in large sizes to help get your message across to... Read More

Patrick Giasson and Sebastian Lester
Monotype 2004
Aldo Novarese and Alessandro Butti
Linotype 1951