Nimbus Sans Novus
Font Family by URW++
Includes 36 Font Styles from $606.48
View Purchase OptionsThe first versions of Nimbus Sans have been designed and digitized in the 1980s for the URW SIGNUS sign-making system. Highest precision of all characters (1/100 mm accuracy) as well as spacing and kerning were required because the fonts should be cut in any size in vinyl or other material used for sign-making. During this period three size ranges were created for text (T), the display (D) and poster (P) for small, medium and very large font sizes. In addition, we produced a so-called L-version that was compatible to Adobe’s PostScript version of Helvetica. Nimbus was also the product name of a URW-proprietary renderer for high quality and fast rasterization of outline fonts, a software provided to the developers of PostScript clone RIPs (Hyphen, Harlequin, etc.) back then. Also in the 80s, a new, improved version of the Nimbus Sans, namely Nimbus Sans Novus was designed. Nimbus Sans Novus was conceptually developed entirely with URW’s IKARUS system, i.e. all styles harmonize perfectly with each other in terms of line width, weight, proportions, etc. On top of that, Nimbus Sans Novus contains more styles than Nimbus Sans.
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36 Fonts Included
Nimbus Sans Novus Ultra Light | View All 433 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Ultra Light
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Nimbus Sans Novus Ultra Light Italic | View All 433 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Ultra Light Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Light Italic | View All 433 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Light Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Small Caps Regular | View All 376 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Small Caps Regular
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Nimbus Sans Novus Regular | View All 438 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Regular
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Nimbus Sans Novus Regular Italic | View All 435 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Regular Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Medium | View All 438 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Medium
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Nimbus Sans Novus Small Caps Medium | View All 376 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Small Caps Medium
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Nimbus Sans Novus Medium Italic | View All 435 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Medium Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Semi Bold | View All 438 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Semi Bold
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Nimbus Sans Novus Outline Bold | View All 379 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Outline Bold
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Nimbus Sans Novus Semi Bold Italic | View All 435 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Semi Bold Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Bold Italic | View All 435 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Bold Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Heavy Italic | View All 433 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Heavy Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Black Italic | View All 435 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Black Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Light | View All 430 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Light
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Ultra Light Italic | View All 427 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Ultra Light Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Light Italic | View All 427 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Light Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Ultra | View All 430 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Ultra
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Regular | View All 430 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Regular
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Ultra Italic | View All 430 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Ultra Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Regular Italic | View All 427 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Regular Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Medium | View All 438 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Medium
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Medium Italic | View All 428 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Medium Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Bold | View All 438 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Bold
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Semi Bold | View All 435 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Semi Bold
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Semi Bold Italic | View All 427 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Semi Bold Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Bold Italic | View All 426 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Bold Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Heavy | View All 430 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Heavy
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Heavy Italic | View All 426 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Heavy Italic
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Black | View All 430 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Black
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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Black Italic | View All 426 Glyphs
Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Black Italic
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