IR Lüthold Sans

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We’re delighted to welcome Ian Ritchie to the ranks of guest designers at The London Type Foundry. Ian was a founding partner at JKR (Jones Knowles Ritchie) — one of the world’s most successful and creative design consultancies.

Ian started signwriting in his spare time at art college back in the seventies, skills he put to good use when sketching the initial letterforms for Lüthold.  

IR Lüthold Sans

IR Lüthold Sans

IR Lüthold Sans

IR Lüthold Sans
IR Lüthold Sans

IR Lüthold Sans

Ian’s main inspiration for Lüthold came courtesy of the Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN), the German industry standards body, and in particular their DIN 1451 typeface which is omnipresent across Germany as the principal type used for signage. 

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Following the initial sketchwork, Ian collaborated with Paul Harpin to draw the key letterforms for Lüthold Sans (originally called Günther!). The resulting design was a condensed sans serif which was authoritative and yet full of character; pronounced ink traps and high contrast elements, most noticeably on spines and crossbars, gave the typeface real personality. The family contains 12 styles with 6 weights from ExtraLight to Black and accompanying italics.

 

It was quickly decided that a separate text family should be added to the range for additional versatility. Lüthold Sans Text is a medium width type family with lower contrast strokes, more suitable for body copy. There are two fewer styles in the text family, with Bold being the heaviest weight. 

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IR Lüthold Sans

IR Lüthold Sans

12 Styles

IR Lüthold Sans available styles

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    • IR Lüthold Sans Family
    • IR Lüthold Sans ExtraLight
    • IR Lüthold Sans ExtraLight Italic
    • IR Lüthold Sans Light
    • IR Lüthold Sans Light Italic
    • IR Lüthold Sans Medium
    • IR Lüthold Sans Medium Italic
    • IR Lüthold Sans Bold
    • IR Lüthold Sans Bold Italic
    • IR Lüthold Sans ExtraBold
    • IR Lüthold Sans ExtraBold Italic
    • IR Lüthold Sans Black
    • IR Lüthold Sans Black Italic
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    Light

    • IR Lüthold Sans Family
    • IR Lüthold Sans ExtraLight
    • IR Lüthold Sans ExtraLight Italic
    • IR Lüthold Sans Light
    • IR Lüthold Sans Light Italic
    • IR Lüthold Sans Medium
    • IR Lüthold Sans Medium Italic
    • IR Lüthold Sans Bold
    • IR Lüthold Sans Bold Italic
    • IR Lüthold Sans ExtraBold
    • IR Lüthold Sans ExtraBold Italic
    • IR Lüthold Sans Black
    • IR Lüthold Sans Black Italic
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