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Initially conceiving this face as a competitor for Ludwig & Mayer’s Colonia, Walter Cunz at Stempel guided Hermann Zapf to the creation of this most elegant and legible of twentieth century sanserifs.
Linotype’s cautious licensing policies encouraged a number of unauthorized copies, none of which can be said to have added to the original.
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‘Optima’ is a trademark of Linotype GmbH which may be registered in certain jurisdictions
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