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Optima

Optima is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Hermann Zapf and released by the D. Stempel AG foundry, Frankfurt, West Germany, in 1958.

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Category
Sans-serif
Classification
Humanist
Date released
1958
Designer
Hermann Zapf
Foundry
Stempel
Re-issuing foundries
Linotype

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Optima Greek (1973)

Optima nova (2002)

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Reception

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Optima

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples123
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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Optima

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related to Derivatives · 25
Optima → As, Bitstream, CG Omega, Corel, Eterna, Freely, Ghostscript, In, Kontour Type, Libertinus Sans, Linux Biolinum, Optane, Opulent, Other Optima, Ottawa, Rubicon Computer Labs Inc, These, URW Classico, URW Font, Utile Display
related to Structure · 17
Optima → Almeida, Britannic, Carol Twombly's Trajan, Hans Eduard Meier's Syntax, José Mendoza, Ludwig, Mayer's Colonia, Optima's, Palatino, Pascal, Robert Hunter Middleton, Roman, Romann Antiqua, Shaw, Stellar, Stempel's Walter Cunz, The
related to history · 14
Optima → About Alphabets, Basilica, Florence, He, In, Interested, Italian, Italy, Like, Optima's, Roman, Santa Croce, While, Zapf
related to Optima nova Titling · 13
Optima → Berry, Cassandre, Condensed, Further, Herb Lubalin, In, Instead, ITC Avant Garde, Lubalin's ITC Lubalin Graph, Rudolf Koch, The, Zapf, Zapf's
related to Notable usages · 10
Optima → Expo, It, John McCain's, Memorial, Montreal, Museum, National September, September, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington
related to Optima nova (2002) · 10
Optima → Adobe CE, Akira Kobayashi, Glyph, In, In Optima, Latin Extended, Linotype GmbH, Medium, The, Zapf
related to Optima Pro Cyrillic (2010) · 9
Optima → Bold, Bold Oblique, Cyrillic, In April, Linotype, Oblique, OpenType Pro, Optima Pro Cyrillic Roman, Released
related to Reception · 9
Optima → Critical, Erik Spiekermann, He, It, Jonathan Hoefler, Sans, Serif, Tired, United States
related to Optima Classified (1976) · 3
Optima → Matthew Carter, No, Optima Medium
is a · 2
Optima → example of a modulated-stroke sans-serif, humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Hermann Zapf and released by the D

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zapf design roman type typeface sans-serif isbn designed nova fonts released letters also font used inspired capitals linotype humanist stempel

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
OptimaCategorySans-serif1.00infobox
OptimaClassificationHumanist1.00infobox
OptimaDate released19581.00infobox
OptimaDesignerHermann Zapf1.00infobox
OptimaFoundryStempel1.00infobox
OptimaRe-issuing foundriesLinotype1.00infobox
Optimais ahumanist sans-serif typeface designed by Hermann Zapf and released by the D0.90text
Optimais aexample of a modulated-stroke sans-serif0.90text
Britannic show far more differentiation in stroke width than Optima does.Optima's sloped version was originally an oblique or sloped romaninstance ofmore display-oriented predecessors0.80text
in which the letters do not take on handwriting characteristicsinstance ofmore display-oriented predecessors0.80text
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