Two inimitable forces in design were refreshed on FontShop this month: the Adobe and Linotype libraries. Since 1985 Adobe has offered rigorously produced and selected fonts. Their work in software and user interaction lends them a unique perspective in type. Linotype, founded in 1886, has amassed some of the most significant typefaces of the 20th century. With designer Akira Kobayashi as type director, the library continues to grow with modern masterpieces. Both Adobe and Linotype are active foundries and this update brings their latest typefaces and enhanced reissues to FontShop.

Brioso™ Pro

Named after the Italian word for “lively,” Brioso combines the immediacy of hand lettering while retaining rhythmic order. The result: a functional family that maintains usability without stagnancy. With four size ranges, five weights, and italics, Brioso’s many options are optimized by the OpenType format.

Garamond Premier™ Pro

Modelled after Claude Garamond’s 15th century book typefaces, Garamond Premier Pro is based on a large range of unique optical sizes. Designer Robert Slimbach encountered the cuts while researching the original Adobe Garamond. The uprights for the release are based on designs by Garamond, while the italics are based on lettering by Garamond’s contemporary Robert Granjon.

Sava™ Pro

Named for peace and inspired by medieval calligraphy, Sava Pro’s meticulously drawn capitals and small capitals make a complete display family. With unique ligatures, a full set Byzantine ornaments, and six weights, Jovica Veljovic's Sava offers much more than meets the eye.

Save money on full families. Linotype has reissued many of Adobe’s classics as Value Packs, complete typeface families in one convenient, discounted download.

Minion® Pro Complete
Robert Slimbach’s modern classic: suitable in any size and setting. Minion Pro was developed to move between screen, print, and text, and headline. Four weights, three optical sizes, two widths and italics — a package of 64 OpenType fonts for a very low price.

Myriad® Pro
Myriad’s humanist letterforms and precise spacing exude a sense of clean warmth. In its Pro release all of Myriad’s weights and widths are united, creating a complete and versatile family, as well as the perfect compliment to Slimbach’s other classic, Minion.

Trajan™ Pro Complete
Carol Twombly’s Trajan has proven a reliable and enduring typeface. Its classical proportions and sharp serifs make a statement anywhere, from stationery to Hollywood. Now get both OpenType Pro weights in one affordable package.

Lithos® Pro Complete
Lithos combines the simple geometric lettering found on ancient Greek temples with a playful asymmetry. Small caps, small figures, and full Greek language support round out the OpenType Pro update to this extremely popular face.

Pirouette™

An extension of Ryuichi Tateno’s experiments with overlapping swashes, the award-winning Pirouette is a product of passion. Its many alternates are seamlessly integrated into the OpenType format, automatically engaging based on glyph combinations, giving you the most beautiful type setting with minimal effort.

Palatino® Sans & Palatino Sans Informal

An expansion to the Palatino serif typeface, Palatino Sans and Palatino Sans Informal round out the family for a complete type system. Exhibiting traces of the pen with soft flares, Palatino Sans maintains its handmade character from a delicate ultra light to an expressive bold.

Cosmiqua®

Akira Kobayashi, Linotype’s type director and accomplished type designer, explores both the 1950s and 19th century American and English advertising type in Cosmiqua. First drawing his favorite letterforms — the lowercase x and y, and ball terminals on As and Ns — Kobayashi established the roots of the typeface. Cosmiqua grew from a display face to a full family. Living somewhere between formality and self-recognition, Cosmiqua is yet another classic from Kobayashi.

Agilita®

A humanistic sans, Agilita’s unique character is delicately maintained by offsetting its dramatic ascenders with inverse flares at the end of curved letterforms. Scrutinous detail from designer Jürgen Weltin, makes the ten weight Agilita a well balanced success.

Berling™ Nova

Originally drawn by Karl-Erik Forsberg in 1951, Berling was Sweden’s definitive workhorse for more than half a century. As technologies changed it became apparent to designers Fredrik Andersson and Örjan Nordling that an update was necessary to bring Berling into the digital age. For the Display cut, serifs are softened and inflated; for the Text, contrast is reduced. Intense care was put into every aspect of this digitization of Berling, making it the truest to the original.

Nami®

Adrian Frutiger paired with Akira Kobayashi to complete Nami, Frutiger’s most humanistic sans. Nami, the Japanese word for “wave”, embodies a fluidity rare in type design. Many of the 483 glyphs in each of Nami’s three fonts are alternates, derived from the slow erosion of seaside rocks, and can be swapped seamlessly to create variety in a setting.

Morris Sans®

Rounded exteriors and right angle interiors characterize this tribute to Morris Fuller Benton. Based on the same 1930s drawings that led to Bank Gothic, Dan Reynolds has resurfaced a hidden gem in Morris Sans. A full lowercase has been added to the family, all based on Benton’s original sketches. Small caps are also included for those dedicated to the iconic, Bank Gothic look.

Beret™

Designer Eduardo Omine’s award-winning Beret is the perfect counterpart to the adornment-free sans serifs of the 20th century. With its subtle flares, Beret is very much a classic humanist sans, however Omine added slight bends to the terminals, creating a refreshingly playful yet tasteful text face.

Save money on full families. Linotype has reissued many of its classics as Value Packs, complete typeface families in one convenient, discounted download.

Neue Helvetica™ Complete

Largely recognized as one of the most important typefaces in design history, we’ve had a long relationship with Helvetica. Our founder, Erik Spiekermann, worked as a consultant in the redrawing of Helvetica that took it from a cocophony of uneven weights to a consistent family. The revised classic is now available in its totality, with 51 weights in one package.

Frutiger® Complete

Developed as a directional and signage system for the Charles de Gaulle airport, Frutiger has seen a significantly broader application. Straddling genres, Frutiger created a category of its own, spawning many followers. This mainstay family is now available in its entirety as a Value Pack.

Avenir® Complete

Adrian Frutiger's interpretation of strict sans serifs like Futura, Avenir reframes the linear sans in a late 20th century eye. Avenir’s subtle humanist influence adds a harmony to text settings not present in other geometrics. The entire family is now available in one package.

Memphis® Complete
A classic slab with a geometric basis. Excellent for small sizes and a neutral look.

Eurostile® Complete
Drawn by notable Italian designer Aldo Novarese, Eurostile embodies the zeitgeist of the 1950s and 60s. Its squarish shape and round corners are reflective of industrial design and architecture of the time.

Univers® Complete
This Neo grotesque classic is one of a stable of classic typefaces released in the late 1950s, and perhaps the least obtrusive of its contemporaries. Univers is a neutral, but perfectly balanced typeface. Considered by many to be Adrian Frutiger’s masterpiece.

Optima® Complete
Optima is a Zapf classic, whose virtue is in its subtlety. With slight swelling terminals, and a basis in Roman lettering, Optima juxtaposes humanist elements with realist ideas. This broadly appealing face has become a mainstay for packaging and branding.

VAG Rounded™ Complete
Its soft ends and simplified shapes set the perfect stage for its revival as the friendly face of “Web 2.0”.

Vectora® Complete
Adrian Frutiger’s take on an American grotesque, Vectora is characterized by a large x-height and high legibility.

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Font used in title graphic: Agilita.

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