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The Handel Gothic™ typeface has been a mainstay of graphic communication for over 40 years - all the while looking as current as tomorrow. Designed by Don Handel in the mid-1960s, and used in the 1973 United Airlines logo developed by Saul Bass, Handel Gothic was an instant success when released to the graphic design community. Its generous lowercase x-height, full-bodied counters and square... Read More
To create FF Elegie, Albert Boton studied the handwriting of famous painters from the end of the 19th up through the beginning of the 20th century, such as Auriol, Benjamin Rabié, Mucha, and Lautrec. During that time, Japanese art was being discovered in the West, which resulted in many of these painters writing with brushes. Albert Boton did his first drawings for FF Elegie in 1993, with a... Read More
Linotype Indus is part of the Take Type Library, which features winners of Linotype's International Digital Type Design Contest from 1994 to 1997. Designed by P.H. Hashim from India, Indus finds its historical roots in inscriptions found on ancient Indian graves. Thus Indus has a unique look and is versatile in point sizes from middle to headline. The font combines well with sans serif and... Read More
Lexikos was designed by Vince Whitlock and based on the design of the typeface Corinthian. It is a condensed sans serif typestyle with heavier horizontal weights as vertical. Lexikos is best used with close letter and word spacing and is an excellent choice for applications requiring a clean, contemporary look.
Linotype Dharma is part of the TakeType Library, chosen from the contestants of the International Digital Type Design Contests of 1994 and 1997. G. Jakob and J. Meißner designed this font with an ornamental character, for example, with diagonal slashes as umlauts or dots on the i and j and the triangular serifs on the upper left of both letters and numerals. Such details make for a restless... Read More