Font family: | Volta Std |
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Font version: | Version 1.00 |
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Characters: | 288 |
Number of glyphs: | 268 |
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Copyright notice: | Copyright © 2006 - 2012 Linotype GmbH, www.linotype.com. All rights reserved. This font software may not be reproduced, modified, disclosed or transferred without the express written approval of Linotype GmbH. Volta is a trademark of Bauer Types This typeface is original artwork of K. Bauer and Walter Baum. The design may be protected in certain jurisdictions. |
Font family: | Volta Std |
Font Subfamily name: | Regular |
Unique font identifier: | Linotype GmbH:Volta Std Regular:2012 |
Full font name: | VoltaStd-Regular |
Version string: | Version 1.00 |
Postscript name: | VoltaStd-Regular |
Trademark: | Volta is a trademark of Bauer Types |
Manufacturer Name: | Linotype GmbH |
Designer: | K. Bauer and Walter Baum |
Description: | Volta is a robust typeface from the 1950s. A revisit to styles that were en vogue at the turn of the century, Bauer type foundry designers Walter Baum and Konrad Bauer designed this type family in1955. The form of Volta's letters are similar to those in New Transitional Serif typefaces, like Cheltenham and Century. Developed after the Didone (i.e., Bodoni) style types, New Transitional Serifs speak more to the zeitgeist of the late 19th Cntury, and were typographic adaptations to it's newer technologies. Already in the period of mass production, typographers and printers at the dawn of the 20th Century had to cope with larger print runs on cheaper materials. The robust letterforms of New Transitional Serifs were designed to compensate for this, but they were also ingenious little inventions in their own right. Form the beginning, the new, peculiar forms of New Transitional Serif letters were adopted for use by advertisers. Their robustness also allowed them to be used in virtually all sizes. Volta was designed especially with advertising display usage in mind. The x-height of Volta's letters is higher than average for serif faces. It is recommended that Volta be used exclusively for shorter tracks of text, above 12 point. Headlines look dashing set in Volta. Four different font styles are available for the Volta typeface: Regular, Medium, Medium Italic, and Bold. |
URL Vendor: | http://www.linotype.com |
URL Designer: | http://www.linotype.com/fontdesigners |
License Info URL: | http://www.linotype.com/license |
Pixel unit: | 1000 |
Vertical minimum: | -223 |
Vertical maximum: | 917 |
Horizontal minimum: | -196 |
Horizontal maximum: | 1296 |
Mac Style: | 0 |
Minimum readable pixel size: | 3 |
Font direction: | 2 |
Ascending part: | 924 |
Descending part: | -256 |
Line spacing: | 0 |
Maximum step width: | 1293 |
Minimum left side beraring: | -196 |
Minimum right side beraring: | -197 |
Non component maximum points | 0 |
Non component maximum contours | 0 |
Word weight type: | 400 |
Word width type: | 5 |
Size of superscript horizontal font : | 650 |
Size of superscript vertical font | 600 |
Superscript horizontal deviation | 0 |
Superscript vertical deviation | 156 |
Size of subscript level font: | 650 |
Size of subscript vertical | 600 |
Subscript horizontal offset: | 0 |
Subscript vertical offset: | 376 |
Delete line size: | 50 |
Delete line position: | 250 |
Font selection identifier: | 64 |
Typography ascending: | 668 |
Typography descending | -218 |
Typography spacing: | 200 |
Ascending part: | 924 |
Descending part: | 256 |
Bevel: | 0 |
Underline position: | 100 |
Underline thickness: | 50 |