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ABOUT

Fontador (was: Arne Freytag) [Arne Freytag]

German type designer in Hamburg (b. 1967) who studied at Kunstschule Alsterdamm Hamburg (1992-1996). Arne designed Arne Freytag (1998), Linotype Freytag Regular (2002) and Linotype Freytag Pro (2012).

His Manometer (2014) is a pneumatic ultra-black slab serif typeface with soft corners and fine counters. Manometer Sans (2014) is the sans version.

His Quitador (2014) will make even the most zealous bureaucrat boringly happy. Quitador Sans followed in 2016.

In 2015, Arne published Curve, a fashion didone.

Author of Toward a new typeface A type design project (Comedia, 2005, vol. 2).

Typefaces from 2016: Punto (dot matrix font), Signage (dot matrix style).

Typefaces from 2017: Quador (squarish serif), Ador (humanist sans).

Typefaces from 2018: Ador Hairline, Punto Poly (a stackable dotted stroke font), Quador Display.

In 2019, Arne published the soft serif family Bionik and the minimalist geometric sans typeface family Object.

Linotype link. FontShop link.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Fontador (was: Arne Freytag)
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INTERNAL LINKS
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