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Nimbus Sans Novus

Font Family by URW++

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The 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 Light  |  View All 433 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Light

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Nimbus Sans Novus Bold  |  View All 438 Glyphs

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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 Black  |  View All 435 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Black

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Nimbus Sans Novus SC Regular  |  View All 376 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus SC Regular

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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 Condensed Ultra Light Italic  |  View All 427 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Ultra Light Italic

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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 Ultra  |  View All 430 Glyphs

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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 Semi Bold  |  View All 435 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Semi Bold

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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 Regular  |  View All 430 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Regular

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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 Medium  |  View All 438 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Medium

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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 Light  |  View All 430 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Light

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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 Heavy  |  View All 433 Glyphs

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Nimbus Sans Novus SC Medium  |  View All 376 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus SC Medium

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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 Bold Italic  |  View All 426 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Bold 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 Black Italic  |  View All 426 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Black Italic

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Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Black  |  View All 430 Glyphs

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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 Ultra Light  |  View All 433 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Ultra Light

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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 Semi Bold  |  View All 438 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Semi Bold

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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 Regular  |  View All 438 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Regular

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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 Medium  |  View All 438 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Medium

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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 Condensed Heavy Italic  |  View All 426 Glyphs

Nimbus Sans Novus Condensed Heavy Italic

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Nimbus Sans Novus

Font Family by URW++

36 Font Styles from $606.48

36 Font Styles from $606.48

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