yesterday i edited the din neuzeit grotesk. wilhelm pischner designed this typeface in 1920 and appeared with the font foundry d. stempel in 1928. the german standards committee suggested the »light neuzeit-grotesk« font in 1970 for use in official signage, traffic directional systems, etc. the font neuzeit grotesk was once the standard in the print industry, as a timeless typeface with no real distinguishing features. like other typefaces of the 1920s, din neuzeit grotesk reflects the philosophy of the times, »form is function«.

i wasn’t satisfied with the e and s, also the kerning-pairs were bad, but i love the lower case »a«. when editing them last night i decided to give her 2 more font-weights, bold and heavy. originally it’s just a light weight. the shapes of e and G, J, l and t were corrected as well. also the numbers got a correction. the hinting is – bad – because i used autohint. nevertheless i am satisfied with the result.

the hinting was made by autohint so the presentment on a display with a small font size is a little lousy. i will correct this manually.

for private tryout (no commercial use):
www.tristanschmitz.de/download/neuzeit_grotesk_tschmitz.zip