Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) announced today the addition of the New Lincoln Gothic font set to its New Font Collection program. This set includes 24 OpenType fonts in one extended family.
Designed by Thomas Lincoln, New Lincoln Gothic is an elegant sans serif font, generous in width and x-height. At the stroke ends are gentle flares with some of the round characters possessing an interesting and distinctive asymmetry. There are twelve weights ranging from Hairline to UltraBold, and an italic is included for each weight. The character set supports Central Europe languages. In addition, there are three figure sets, extended fractions, superior and inferior numbers, and a few alternates, all accessible via OpenType features.
Bitstream’s New Font Collection program was started as a way to seek out unique font designs from both new and established designers to Bitstream’s font collection. Since the beginning of the program, Bitstream has released over 100 NFC fonts.
Jim Lyles, Director of Typographic Development for Bitstream, commented, “We are thrilled to have this distinctive collection of fonts added to our collection. Thomas Lincoln has a distinguished reputation as a graphic designer and a lettering artist. He brings a wealth of creativity and experience to his type designs, and we are fortunate to offer his work to our customers through the New Font Collection.”
All fonts are available in OpenType (CFF) format, which is supported in Mac OS X, Windows XP and Windows 2000.
Fonts are available for purchase:
On the Web: https://www.myfonts.com
By phone: 800.522.3668 (U.S. only) or 617.497.6222
By fax: 617.868.0784
By e-mail: sa***@*******am.com
About the Designer
A graphic designer and lettering artist from the start, Thomas Lincoln’s long and illustrious career has spanned both coasts of the US. Starting with his education on the west coast, Lincoln studied with Douglas Lynch at the Museum Art School in Portland and later apprenticed with Lynch, whom he credits as his formative influence. In addition to graphic design and fine arts, Lincoln studied calligraphy with Lloyd Reynolds and Arnold Bank at Reed College.
In 1965, at the young age of 26, Lincoln was a winner in the first Visual Graphics Corporation (VGC) National Typeface Competition for his typeface, Lincoln Gothic. In 1972, he was awarded a Gold Medal, Best of Show, Boston Art Director’s Club for his masthead design of the Boston Herald Traveler Magazine, and in 1973 was given an Award of Merit, Typomundos Internationale, Paris, France for a promotional brochure. His design work has subsequently appeared in seven books on corporate design.
About the New Font Collection (NFC)
Bitstream established the New Font Collection (NFC) program in August of 2000. The program was started as a way to seek out unique font designs from both new and established designers, and add them to Bitstream’s vast collection of fonts. Since then, Bitstream has released ten packages as part of the New Font Collection, and we continue to pursue new and interesting font designs for the future.
About Bitstream
Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ: BITS) is a software development company that makes communications compelling. Bitstream enables customers worldwide to render high-quality text, browse the Web on wireless devices, select from the largest collection of fonts online, and customize documents over the Internet. Its core competencies include font technology, browsing technology, e-commerce technology, and publishing technology. For more information, please visit Bitstream at https://www.bitstream.com.
This article was last modified on January 10, 2022
This article was first published on February 10, 2006
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