Neue Things You Should Know By Allan Haley

Arial: was originally drawn for IBM and was later licensed to . Arial is currently a collection of 46 designs.

Arial Nova: This recent update for Microsoft and features 12 designs in the family, with subtle changes.

Avenir: First released in 1988, currently has 12 designs.

Avenir Next: 2008 marks the reimagining of the original design, which currently has 24 designs plus Cyrillic and “rounded” versions.

DIN FF: The FontFont version of this popular early 20th century German sans has 28 styles in the family.

DIN Next: The Linotype version of the same German sans has 28 styles plus , Cyrillic, Devanagari, “stencil” and “rounded” versions.

Eurostile: A 1950s sans with 10 styles available.

Eurostile Next: 2007 marks the remake and enlargement of the original design, with 50 versions in the family, plus a rounded design called “candy.”

Frutiger: First released in 1975, there are 19 in this collection.

Frutiger Next: Based on a custom design project from the 1990s, Frutiger Next is a slightly modified version of the original design that currently boasts 24 designs plus Cyrillic versions.

Neue Frutiger: Neue Frutiger is a 2007-dated complete reworking of the original Frutiger design, which includes 40 designs plus Cyrillics.

Gill Sans: These digital were based on original 1920s design and feature 35 typefaces in the family with extensive language support.

Gill Sans Nova: This 2017 update of the original design has 43 typefaces in the family. It is part of Monotype’s revived and reimagined Series suite of typefaces that include Gill Sans Nova, Nova and Joanna Sans Nova.

Helvetica: The digital version of released in 1957, had only two designs. Other weights have been added over the years, to total 24 typefaces plus “rounded,” “textbook” and “Helvetica World” designs. Helvetica World has a very large multi-national character set.

Neue Helvetica: Drawn in 1983 as an updated and improved design over Helvetica, the design is more consistent and the family is built within a modern “” of typefaces with 60 typefaces, plus a suite of Armenian, e-Text, Thai, Greek, Cyrillic, Georgian, Rounded, Arabic and “World” fonts.

Joanna: There are seven typefaces in the family that is a digital version of 1931 original Monotype metal typeface designed by Eric Gill.

Joanna Nova: There are 18 styles in this family that is part of Monotype’s revived and reimagined Eric Gill Series suite of typefaces that include Gill Sans Nova, Joanna Nova and Joanna Sans Nova.

Metro: is an important 1920s-era typeface and is one of the first sans serif designs developed in the U.S. for machine set .

Metro Office: This 2006 version of the original typeface was created with a goal of updating older classic designs for office use. There are four typefaces in the family and characters in each share common character widths.

Metro Nova: This 2014 updating of the original design is the best digital version of the Metro typeface design and boasts 26 faces in the family. Neue Haas Grotesk: The goal of Neue Haas Grotesk was to go back to Helvtieca’s hand-set roots and design a large family with consistent shapes and proportions. There are “text” and “display” versions, but this is not a replacement for Neue Helvetica.

Neue Plak: Neue Plak is a 21st century revival of a three-weight early 20th century sans serif display design. Neue Plak takes this historic foundation and expands it to 60 designs across eight weights and six proportions.

Optima: was first released in 1958. Currently, there are 14 typefaces in the digital family—plus two Cyrillic designs.

Optima Nova: The 2005 updating of the original design has six weights of roman and condensed designs, each with an italic counterpart. The italics are also true cursive designs, while the original Optima italics were obliqued roman designs.

Palatino: was first released in 1950. There are currently two digital versions of the fonts; one is four weights of TrueType fonts and the other is 10 weights of OpenType fonts.

Palatino Nova: The 2005 updated version of Palatino features 10 weights of Latin fonts, plus two titling designs and fonts of Cyrillic, Greek and four weights of “Pan European” Fonts. (There are also new Palatino Sans designs.)

Rockwell: is a 1930’s design. The digital family consists of four weights plus italics; there is also an extra bold design and two condensed weights. These, however, do not have italic counterparts.

Rockwell Nova: Originally drawn for Microsoft as an update to the original digital fonts of Rockwell, some subtle updates were made to the basic design and Italics were added to the extra bold and two condensed weights.

Sabon: In the early 1960s, a group of German master printers wanted a typeface which would provide consistent and predictable results, whether it was used as machine or hand-set composition: is the result. There are Linotype and Monotype digital fonts of Sabon.

Sabon Next: Sabon Next is a 2010 revival and update of the original Sabon design. The new family has roman and italic designs in six weights and most have , old style figures and alternate characters.

Syntax: The family has a roman and italic design and three bolder weights of the roman without italics—it’s an early digital version of the original 1950s design.

Syntax Next: The original Syntax typeface was reworked in 2000. The family now has five roman weights—each with an italic counterpart. There are also Cyrillic and Greek fonts.

Trade Gothic: Linotype released the original two weights of the typeface in 1948. Over the next 12 years, the family was expanded to contain additional weights and styles, the digital family currently has 14 designs. Several of the roman designs do not have italic counterparts. There are also “display” designs that were added in 2017.

Trade Gothic Next: Trade Gothic Next was designed as a revised version of Trade Gothic and was released in 2008. The family contains 17 typefaces in several weights plus condensed versions. All roman designs have italic counterparts. (There is also a “rounded” suite of fonts.)

Univers: Released in 1957, was the first typeface to be developed as a cohesive type family (with consistent weight and proportion changes) from its onset. It had 27 different styles. All were incorporated into digital fonts.

Univers Next: Univers Next is a refined and updated version of the original Univers typeface family. The new family was released in 1997. All the existing weights of Univers were redrawn and the family was expanded to 76 versions.