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Kompakt™

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Kompakt™ is a Linotype font family with 1 style.

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Kompakt

Kompakt

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Design Credits

First seen on MyFonts: September 14th, 2000
Designed by: Hermann Zapf
Designed when: 1954
Contained in Categories: Decorative & Display, Slab Serif
Design owned by: Linotype
MyFonts Keywords: decorative, german, slab serif

Kompakt

Kompakt is one of the early typefaces of type designer Hermann Zapf, whose Palatino has long been a standard in almost every area of application. Kompakt consists of a single weight and was designed in 1952, two years after Palatino. It was produced by the foundry D. Stempel AG in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, where Zapf was at the time in the artistic department. The figures of this extremely strong and heavy typeface are decidedly those of a broad tipped pen. When enlarged, the sharp outlines of the characters can be clearly seen.
The unique dynamic of the alphabet is a result of its strong serifs, which on the lower case letters almost connect the letters in a line. Together with the slight slant to the right, this gives Kompakt the character of handwriting, making it look like it is always striving to go forward. Kompakt is an excellent choice for advertisements, especially for posters which should display a hint of nostalgia, and should be used only in headlines.

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