A revival of Nobel
originally designed by S.H. de Roos (Lettergieterij Amsterdam,
1929), spanning six weights with italics, plus six condensed
weights (upright only). See also DTL
Nobel, another revival by Andrea Fuchs and Fred Smeijers
(DTL, 1993).
“Nobel offers personal variations on strict Bauhaus geometry. In
1929, three years after the Futura release, Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos
at Amsterdam explored alternative character sets to enliven basic
Futura forms. The Nobel series was designed for Font Bureau by
Tobias Frere-Jones, who fondly views Nobel as ‘Futura cooked in
dirty pots and pans.’ The Extra Lights were added by Cyrus
Highsmith and Dyana Weissman.” — Font More…
A revival of Nobel originally designed by S.H. de Roos (Lettergieterij Amsterdam, 1929), spanning six weights with italics, plus six condensed weights (upright only). See also DTL Nobel, another revival by Andrea Fuchs and Fred Smeijers (DTL, 1993).
“Nobel offers personal variations on strict Bauhaus geometry. In 1929, three years after the Futura release, Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos at Amsterdam explored alternative character sets to enliven basic Futura forms. The Nobel series was designed for Font Bureau by Tobias Frere-Jones, who fondly views Nobel as ‘Futura cooked in dirty pots and pans.’ The Extra Lights were added by Cyrus Highsmith and Dyana Weissman.” — Font Bureau, 1993–2003. Originally published by Font Bureau as FB Nobel. Moved to Frere-Jones Type in 2020, now simply named Nobel. We keep the prefix to distinguish it from the original.
