Designed by Akihiko Seki in 1970 [Reichardt/Hoefer], with alternates for
‘CEHJLY35’ [ITC Typeface Collection, 1980]. No
lowercase. Issued by ITC as Aki Lines in or before
1973. [Graphis]
Also offered by other providers incl. Photo-Lettering
(Advance Showing #20, 1973), VGC (1973), Chartpak
(1973), Mecanorma (w/ alternates, announced for Oct. 1973 as
Akilines [Ariadne]),
and Berthold Fototypes (E1 catalog, 1974, w/ alts).
Shown in Castcraft’s Encyclopedia of Phototype Styles
(1978) as Aaron.
There are several inofficial digital revivals of mixed quality,
including Aki Lines (Image Club Graphics, 1992,
discontinued), Roger Vershen’s commercial Linea (Page Studio Graphics, 2002, with a
second thick-thin biline variant) and the freebies
Akka (anon., 2007) and Aki Lines (Claude
Pelletier, 2012, with alternates). More…
Designed by Akihiko Seki in 1970 [Reichardt/Hoefer], with alternates for ‘CEHJLY35’ [ITC Typeface Collection, 1980]. No lowercase. Issued by ITC as Aki Lines in or before 1973. [Graphis] Also offered by other providers incl. Photo-Lettering (Advance Showing #20, 1973), VGC (1973), Chartpak (1973), Mecanorma (w/ alternates, announced for Oct. 1973 as Akilines [Ariadne]), and Berthold Fototypes (E1 catalog, 1974, w/ alts). Shown in Castcraft’s Encyclopedia of Phototype Styles (1978) as Aaron.
There are several inofficial digital revivals of mixed quality, including Aki Lines (Image Club Graphics, 1992, discontinued), Roger Vershen’s commercial Linea (Page Studio Graphics, 2002, with a second thick-thin biline variant) and the freebies Akka (anon., 2007) and Aki Lines (Claude Pelletier, 2012, with alternates). BC Retroduktor (Viktor Mizera, 2020) is an expansion to 4 variable fonts/24 static styles includes many alternate glyphs.
