| Font family: | Cosmiqua Com |
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| Font version: | Version 2.01 |
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| Characters: | 447 |
| Number of glyphs: | 419 |
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| Languages: | |
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| Copyright notice: | Copyright © 2007 - 2008 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. Cosmiqua is a trademark of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. This typeface is original artwork of Akira Kobayashi. The design may be protected in certain jurisdictions. |
| Font family: | Cosmiqua Com Regular |
| Font Subfamily name: | Regular |
| Unique font identifier: | Linotype GmbH:Cosmiqua Com Regular:2008 |
| Full font name: | Cosmiqua Com Regular |
| Version string: | Version 2.01 |
| Postscript name: | CosmiquaCom-Regular |
| Trademark: | Cosmiqua is a trademark of Linotype GmbH and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. |
| Manufacturer Name: | Linotype GmbH |
| Designer: | Akira Kobayashi |
| Description: | Cosmiqua is a lively serif family from Linotype's Type Director, Akira Kobayashi. Inspired by advertising design from the 1950s, Kobayashi began to closely examine his favorite letterforms from this genre, particularly those headline faces that appear to live in the space between formal italic types and casual handwriting. These letterforms exude a certain hope for the future, and also appear to be a little odd, or kitschy, to our 21st century eyes. Yet the serifs and terminals on these letters do not let go of one's attention. On further examination, Kobabyashi found these same traits in even older faces, particularly 19th century English advertising types. Assuming the spirit of these diverse sources into himself (one typeface in particular, Miller & Richard's Caledonian Italic, was quite influential) Kobabyashi drew Cosmiqua. Cosmiqua is an amalgamation of the French "cosmique", meaning cosmic, and "Antiqua", the German term for serif type. In other words, this is a cosmic serif face; a typeface for the future, as the future was seen in the 1950s. Kobayashi first drew the Italic weights of Cosmiqua, refining his favorite lowercase forms (x and y), as well as creating sublime ball terminals on the A and N. Only later did he move on to the upright, Roman forms. Although Cosmiqua was originally conceived for display uses, it is a serviceable text face as well. Cosmiqua has five weights, each with an Italic (Light, Regular, Semibold, Bold, and Heavy). |
| URL Vendor: | http://www.linotype.com |
| URL Designer: | http://www.linotype.com/fontdesigners |
| License Description: | NOTIFICATION OF LICENSE AGREEMENT You have obtained this font software either directly from Linotype GmbH or together with software distributed by one of Linotype's licensees. This font software is a valuable asset of Linotype GmbH. Unless you have entered into a specific license agreement granting you additional rights, your use of this font software is limited to your workstation for your own use. You may not copy or distribute this font software. If you have any questions regarding your license terms, please review the license agreement you received with the software. General license terms and usage rights can be viewed at www.linotype.com/license. Generelle Lizenzbedingungen und Nutzungsrechte finden Sie unter www.linotype.com/license. Pour plus d'informations concernant le contrat d'utilisation du logiciel de polices, veuillez consulter notre site web www.linotype.com/license. Linotype GmbH can be contacted at: Tel.: +49(0)6172 484-418 |
| License Info URL: | http://www.linotype.com/license |
| Typographic Family name: | Cosmiqua Com |
| Typographic Subfamily name: | Regular |
| Pixel unit: | 1000 |
| Vertical minimum: | -281 |
| Vertical maximum: | 916 |
| Horizontal minimum: | -211 |
| Horizontal maximum: | 1007 |
| Mac Style: | 0 |
| Minimum readable pixel size: | 9 |
| Font direction: | 2 |
| Ascending part: | 1513 |
| Descending part: | -535 |
| Line spacing: | 410 |
| Maximum step width: | 1054 |
| Minimum left side beraring: | -211 |
| Minimum right side beraring: | -201 |
| Non component maximum points | 117 |
| Non component maximum contours | 7 |
| Word weight type: | 400 |
| Word width type: | 5 |
| Size of superscript horizontal font : | 700 |
| Size of superscript vertical font | 650 |
| Superscript horizontal deviation | 0 |
| Superscript vertical deviation | 140 |
| Size of subscript level font: | 700 |
| Size of subscript vertical | 650 |
| Subscript horizontal offset: | 0 |
| Subscript vertical offset: | 477 |
| Delete line size: | 50 |
| Delete line position: | 250 |
| Font selection identifier: | 0 |
| Typography ascending: | 739 |
| Typography descending | -261 |
| Typography spacing: | 200 |
| Ascending part: | 930 |
| Descending part: | 327 |
| Bevel: | 0 |
| Underline position: | -75 |
| Underline thickness: | 50 |