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Olaf Leu

Professor and Linotype designer of the big Compatil family (2001), with Silja Bilz and Reinhard Haus. Compatil Fact is a sans family. Compatil Letter is mini-slabbed and asymmetrical. Compatil Exquisit is an Antiqua-style serif face. Finally, Compatil Text is a workhorse text typeface family.

CV and picture: Leu was born in Chemnitz, Germany in 1936. Teaches corporate design since 1986 at the Fachhochschule in Mainz. Art director, prolific author, graphic designer, and head of Olaf Leu Design&Partner from 1971-1991.

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file name: Olaf Leu Compatil Text Family 2001


file name: Olaf Leu Silja Bilz Reinhard Haus Compatil Exquisit Bold 2001


file name: Olaf Leu Silja Bilz Reinhard Haus Compatil Fact 2001


file name: Olaf Leu Silja Bilz Reinhard Haus Compatil Fact Pro Bold 2001


file name: Olaf Leu Silja Bilz Reinhard Haus Compatil Letter 2001


file name: Olaf Leu Silja Bilz Reinhard Haus Compatil Text 2001


file name: Olaf Leu Silja Bilz Reinhard Haus Compatil 2001







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