Lineto

{{short description|Swiss font foundry}}

Lineto is a Swiss type foundry founded by Cornel Windlin and Stephan Müller in 1993.{{cite book|last1=Hollis|first1=Richard|title=Graphic design : a concise history|date=2001|publisher=Thames & Hudson|location=London|isbn=978-0500203477|edition=Rev. and expanded|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/graphicdesigncon0000holl}} In 1998, Lineto launched a website to distribute their fonts digitally. In 2007, Jürg Lehni joined the venture.{{Cite web|url=https://lineto.com/|title=Lineto.com|website=lineto.com}}{{Cite book|title=Typography, Referenced: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to the Language, History, and Practice of Typography|last=Tselentis|first=Jason|publisher=Rockport Publishers|year=2012|isbn=9781610582056|pages=132}}

The most well known fonts on Lineto's catalogue include:

• Alpha Headline, designed by Cornel Windlin in 1991, derived from the standard UK car registration plates. Mitsubishi Motors Europe acquired exclusive license for the Alpha Headline fonts for the duration of ten years, expiring December 2012.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://lineto.com/The+Fonts/Custom+Typefaces/Alpha+Headline/|title=LINETO.COM|last1=Lehni|first1=Juerg | first2=Cornel | last2=Windlin | first3=Stephan | last3=Mueller |website=lineto.com|access-date=2018-10-27}}
• Simple, designed by Norm (graphic design group) in 2001 and adapted at the request of Ruedi Baur of Intégral Ruedi Baur Paris{{Cite web | url=http://www.irb-paris.eu | title=Intégral Ruedi Baur Paris}} to be used as the signage typeface of Cologne Bonn Airport{{Cite news|url=https://fontsinuse.com/uses/4069/koeln-bonn-airport-2|title=Köln-Bonn Airport|date=2013-06-06|newspaper=Fonts in Use|access-date=2016-10-24}}
• Akkurat, designed by Laurenz Brunner in 2004 (awarded a Swiss Federal Design Award in 2006){{Cite web|url=http://www.swissdesignawards.ch/federaldesign/2006/laurenz-brunner/index.html?lang=en|title=Swiss Federal Design Awards - Laurenz Brunner|website=www.swissdesignawards.ch|access-date=2016-10-24}} and which proved widely popular{{Cite web|url=http://uk.phaidon.com/agenda/design/articles/2012/december/10/design-of-the-week-akkurat/|title=Design of the Week: Akkurat {{!}} Design {{!}} Agenda {{!}} Phaidon|website=Phaidon|access-date=2016-10-24}}
• LL Circular, designed by Laurenz Brunner in 2005–2013,{{Cite news|url=http://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/ll-circular/|title=LL Circular|newspaper=Typographica|access-date=2016-10-24}} used widely in publications, advertisement and branding, for example by Airbnb (for general branding application){{Cite news|url=https://fontsinuse.com/uses/7192/airbnb-identity-website-app-2014-redesign|title=Airbnb identity, website, app (2014 redesign)|date=2014-07-16|newspaper=Fonts in Use|access-date=2016-10-24}} and on the Transport for West Midlands network in the United Kingdom.{{cite web |title=WM Network Brand Guidelines |url=https://wmca.assetbank-server.com/assetbank-wmca/action/viewAsset?id=134&index=0&total=1&categoryId=95&categoryTypeId=2&collection=Guidelines&sortAttributeId=0&sortDescending=false |website=WMCA Media Assets |publisher=West Midlands Combined Authority |access-date=24 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024093323/https://wmca.assetbank-server.com/assetbank-wmca/action/viewAsset?id=134&index=0&total=1&categoryId=95&categoryTypeId=2&collection=Guidelines&sortAttributeId=0&sortDescending=false |archive-date=24 October 2019|url-status=live}}
• LL Brown, designed by Aurèle Sack in 2007–2011,{{Cite web|url=http://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/7385/ll-brown|title=LL Brown in use - Fonts In Use|website=Fonts in Use|access-date=2016-10-24}} used widely in publications, advertisement and branding, including as above by companies such as Airbnb (for its logo)
• Replica, designed by Norm in 2008,{{Cite web|url=http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/buying-into-the-norm-cosmos|title=Eye Magazine {{!}} Feature {{!}} Buying into the Norm cosmos|website=www.eyemagazine.com|access-date=2016-10-24}} used notably for the 2012 rebrand of VH1{{Cite web|url=http://typedia.com/explore/typeface/replica/|title=Typedia: Replica|last=Typedia|website=typedia.com|access-date=2016-10-26}}
• Unica (typeface), digitised by Christian Mengelt, from the original Team'77, in 2012–2014, based on their 1974-1980 drawings{{Cite web|url=http://www.swissdesignawards.ch/grandprix/2015/team77/index.html?lang=en|title=Swiss Federal Design Awards - Team'77: Erich Gschwind, André Gürtler, Christian Mengelt|website=www.swissdesignawards.ch|access-date=2016-10-24}}
• LL Prismaset, a digitisation and elaboration of Rudolf Koch's Prisma (1928–31), designed by James Goggin, Rafael Koch and Mauro Paolozzi (2003–2014).{{Cite web|url=https://lineto.com/Lineto.com/Frontpage+Features/LL+Prismaset/|title=LINETO.COM|last1=Lehni|first1=Juerg | first2=Cornel | last2=Windlin | first3=Stephan | last3=Mueller |website=lineto.com|access-date=2018-10-27}}