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Kontrapunkt [Bo Linnemann]

Danish design bureau that publishes corporate fonts, and fonts for government agencies. The Danish Railway fonts ViaSign (2000), ViaText (2000) and DSBTPL (2000) are due to them. This company in Copenhagen was founded in 1991 by Kim Meyer Andersen and Bo Linnemann. Kontrapunkt's Bo Linnemann is mainly occupied with corporate branding, and this often includes new corporate designs. He professes to be deeply influenced by Knud Engelhardt, who used wide typefaces with the A, N, V, W and M corners stretched by horizontal pieces. His type designs include

• Billund: a sans family for the new Billund Airport, which won the Trophé d'Or in 2003.
• CarlsbergSans (2006), for the beer maker.
• Danske (2000): a corporate sans family for the Danske Bank.
• BG (2001): a family for the BG Bank.
• Engelhardt (sans, 1997).
• AtB (for Movia Public Transport).
• Kontrapunkt (free), their own corporate identity face, which won the Danish Design Prize for best typeface in 2004. Pick up a free copy of Kontrapunkt Light, Light Italic and Bold. The slabby Kontrapunkt Bob (2011) is also free.
• Their corporate typefaces include Datsun Sans.
• Kontrapunkt Miki (2016). A free sans typeface family.

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