A.k.a. DIN-Schrift, as defined by the German
industry standard committee in 1931 (confirmed in 1936), under the
supervision of Ludwig Goller. A revision from 1980, drawn by Adolf
Gropp, introduces more open forms for ‘6’ and ‘9’ as well as other
details like a tailless ‘a’. Used most prominently for German
traffic signs, postmarks, and, until 1994, for number plates.
This entry is for the medium width, Mittelschrift.
See also the condensed Engschrift
(based on the standard lettering model by the Prussian Railways),
the expanded
Breitschrift, and the rounded DIN
16 and DIN
17.
Berthold Fototype carried a DIN 1451 (single-story
‘a’, slightly rounded) and a DIN-Mittelschrift that is
different in design. [Berthold 1974]
Digital versions by Linotype, URW, and Elsner+Flake, based on
the 1980 revision. DIN 1451 EF Mittel offers Alt and
Neu styles.
DIN Alternate Bold is a version with support for
Greek and Cyrillic (Design by H. Berthold AG, © 1988, 1991, 2003
Linotype Library GmbH) that comes bundled with macOS.
For other digital interpretations and extensions, see Related
Typefaces and, in particular, FF
DIN (FontFont, 1995),
PF
Din Text (Parachute, 2002),
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A.k.a. DIN-Schrift, as defined by the German industry standard committee in 1931 (confirmed in 1936), under the supervision of Ludwig Goller. A revision from 1980, drawn by Adolf Gropp, introduces more open forms for ‘6’ and ‘9’ as well as other details like a tailless ‘a’. Used most prominently for German traffic signs, postmarks, and, until 1994, for number plates.
This entry is for the medium width, Mittelschrift. See also the condensed Engschrift (based on the standard lettering model by the Prussian Railways), the expanded Breitschrift, and the rounded DIN 16 and DIN 17.
Berthold Fototype carried a DIN 1451 (single-story ‘a’, slightly rounded) and a DIN-Mittelschrift that is different in design. [Berthold 1974]
Digital versions by Linotype, URW, and Elsner+Flake, based on the 1980 revision. DIN 1451 EF Mittel offers Alt and Neu styles.
DIN Alternate Bold is a version with support for Greek and Cyrillic (Design by H. Berthold AG, © 1988, 1991, 2003 Linotype Library GmbH) that comes bundled with macOS.
For other digital interpretations and extensions, see Related Typefaces and, in particular, FF DIN (FontFont, 1995), PF Din Text (Parachute, 2002), DIN Next (Linotype, 2009), URW DIN (2016), and D-DIN (2017).
