Lineto is a Swiss

type foundry A type foundry is a company that designs or distributes typefaces. Before digital typography, type foundries manufactured and sold metal and wood typefaces for hand typesetting, and matrices for line-casting machines like the Linotype and M ...

founded by Cornel Windlin and Stephan Müller in 1993. In 1998, Lineto launched a website to distribute their fonts digitally. In 2007, Jürg Lehni joined the venture. The most well known fonts on Lineto's catalogue include: * Alpha Headline, designed by Cornel Windlin in 1991, derived from the standard UK car registration plates. Mitsubishi Motors Europe acquired exclusive license for the Alpha Headline fonts for the duration of ten years, expiring December 2012. *Simple, designed by Norm (graphic design group) in 2001 and adapted at the request of Ruedi Baur o
Intégral Ruedi Baur Paris
to be used as the signage typeface of

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* Akkurat, designed by Laurenz Brunner in 2004 (awarded a Swiss Federal Design Award in 2006) and which proved widely popular * LL Circular, designed by Laurenz Brunner in 2005–2013, used widely in publications, advertisement and branding, for example by

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(for general branding application) and on the

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network in the United Kingdom. * LL Brown, designed by Aurèle Sack in 2007–2011, used widely in publications, advertisement and branding, including as above by companies such as

(for its logo) * Replica, designed by Norm in 2008, used notably for the 2012 rebrand of VH1 *

Unica (typeface) Unica or Haas Unica is a neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface developed at Haas Type Foundry in the late 1970s and originally released in 1980. Initiated as a project that sought to combine the strengths of both Helvetica and Univers, it had the m ...

, digitised by Christian Mengelt, from the original Team'77, in 2012–2014, based on their 1974-1980 drawings *LL Prismaset, a digitisation and elaboration of

Rudolf Koch Rudolf Koch (20 November 1876 – 9 April 1934) was a German type designer, professor, and a master of lettering, calligraphy, typography and illustration. Commonly known for his typefaces created for the Klingspor Type Foundry, his most widely ...

's Prisma (1928–31), designed by James Goggin, Rafael Koch and Mauro Paolozzi (2003–2014).

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External links

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