Optima
Sign in to saveOptima is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Hermann Zapf and released by the D. Stempel AG foundry, Frankfurt, West Germany, in 1958.
Key facts
- Font.name
- Optima
- Font.image
- Optima font sample.svg
- Font.style
- Sans-serif
- Font.classifications
- Humanist
- Font.releasedate
- 1958
- Font.creator
- Hermann Zapf
- Font.foundry
- StempelLinotype
- Font.variations
- Optima Nova
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- Image
- Optima font sample.svg
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- Optima
- inception
- 1958-00-00
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13 sectionsContents
- History
- Structure
- Optima Greek (1973)
- Optima Classified (1976)
- Optima nova (2002)
- Optima nova Condensed
- Optima nova Titling
- Optima Pro Cyrillic (2010)
- Derivatives
- Notable usages
- Reception
- Notes
- References
Optima is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Hermann Zapf and released by the D. Stempel AG foundry, Frankfurt, West Germany, in 1958.
Though classified as a sans-serif, Optima has a subtle swelling at the terminals suggesting a glyphic serif. Optima was inspired by classical Roman capitals and the stonecarving on Renaissance-period tombstones Zapf saw in Florence on a 1950 holiday to Italy.
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