Neuland
Encyclopedia
Neuland is a German
typeface
that was designed in 1923 by Rudolf Koch
.
Koch designed it by directly carving the type into metal. The original typeface thus had a great deal of variance between the sizes (see here for an example). This can be easily duplicated with modern digital font software such as Metafont
, but not with less versatile industry standards such as TrueType
.
It is often used today when an “exotic” or “primitive” look is desired, such as the logos for Trader Vic's, Natural American Spirit
cigarettes, and the Jurassic Park
films (which use the inline variant). It is also commonly seen in an African or African-American context.
A common variant of Neuland (perhaps more common than the standard variety) is Neuland Inline. Lithos
is a typeface that is often used in similar applications to Neuland.
See also: Samples of display typefaces
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
typeface
Typeface
In typography, a typeface is the artistic representation or interpretation of characters; it is the way the type looks. Each type is designed and there are thousands of different typefaces in existence, with new ones being developed constantly....
that was designed in 1923 by Rudolf Koch
Rudolf Koch
thumb|250px|[[Fraktur]] fonts by Rudolf KochRudolf Koch was a leading German calligrapher, typographic artist and teacher, born in Nuremberg. He was primarily a calligrapher with the Gebr. Klingspor foundry. He created several typefaces, in both fraktur and roman styles...
.
Koch designed it by directly carving the type into metal. The original typeface thus had a great deal of variance between the sizes (see here for an example). This can be easily duplicated with modern digital font software such as Metafont
METAFONT
Metafont is a programming language used to define vector fonts. It is also the name of the interpreter that executes Metafont code, generating the bitmap fonts that can be embedded into e.g. PostScript...
, but not with less versatile industry standards such as TrueType
TrueType
TrueType is an outline font standard originally developed by Apple Computer in the late 1980s as a competitor to Adobe's Type 1 fonts used in PostScript...
.
It is often used today when an “exotic” or “primitive” look is desired, such as the logos for Trader Vic's, Natural American Spirit
Natural American Spirit
Natural American Spirit is a brand of cigarette and tobacco products manufactured in the United States by the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, a wholly owned independent subsidiary of Reynolds American, in turn 42% owned by British American Tobacco...
cigarettes, and the Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park (film)
Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Martin Ferrero, and Bob Peck...
films (which use the inline variant). It is also commonly seen in an African or African-American context.
Lithos
Lithos is a glyphic sans-serif typeface designed by Carol Twombly in 1989 for Adobe Systems. Lithos is inspired by the unadorned, geometric letterforms of the engravings found on Ancient Greek public buildings...
is a typeface that is often used in similar applications to Neuland.
See also: Samples of display typefaces
Samples of display typefaces
The list of samples of display typefaces summarises the principal fonts used in screen display of characters. The accurate identification of display typefaces is critical in graphic design, web design and forensic computing.-See also:...