FF DIN

FF DIN

Infobox font
name = FF DIN
style = Sans-serif


date = 1995
creator = Albert-Jan Pool
foundry = Font Shop International

FF DIN is a realist sans-serif typeface designed in 1995 by Albert-Jan Pool, and based upon the earlier DIN typeface family. DIN is an acronym for "Deutsches Institut für Normung" (German Institute for Standardisation).

Pool encountered Erik Spiekermann at a 1994 meeting of the ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) in San Francisco, who encouraged him to design a revival of DIN 1451 for release by Spiekermann's foundry Font Shop International.

Sharing structural similarities with DIN 1451, FF DIN differs in its weight distribution, naming conventions, and has a far wider character set, including ranging (old style) figures, and several refinements allowing it to perform better as a print and screen text face.

FF Din's usage is currently growing. FF Din is the central typeface of JetBlue Airways' and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's corporate identity. FF Din is also Adidas's main typeface, adopted after switching from "Adihaus". This font is used in many areas, especially in prints, ads and webpages. American Eagle Outfitters uses FF Din as its main sans-serif typeface, for both marketing and branding. ABC's World News with Charles Gibson uses the font for it's lower third graphics.

This typeface was the official video credit font from 2005 to september 2007 on MTV Latin America.

References

*Blackwell, Lewis. "20th Century Type." Yale University Press: 2004. ISBN 0-300-10073-6.
*Fiedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. "Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History." Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7.
*Macmillan, Neil. "An A–Z of Type Designers." Yale University Press: 2006. ISBN 0-300-11151-7.
*DIN 1451-2: Schriften–Serifenlose Linear-Antiqua–Verkehrsschrift. Deutsches Institut für Normung, 1986-2002.

External links

* [http://www.fontshop.com/fonts/downloads/fontfont/ff_din/ Font Shop International's FF DIN typeface]


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