Loew — Type Specimen

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LOE W


11 | Light

18 | XBold 14 | Medium

3 Loew is a geometric based sans serif influenced by the early industrial designer’s.

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OHA A blend of optical refinements & geometric construction result in a near perfect circle, for both uppercase & lowercase ‘O’


“OUR SUCCESS IS A VICTORY FOR PURITY, INTEGRITY — FOR GIVING A DAMN.” — JONY IVE

“We’re surrounded by anonymous, poorly made objects. It’s tempting to think it’s because the people who use them don’t care — just like the people who make them. But what we’ve shown is that people do care. It’s not just about aesthetics. They care about things that are thoughtfully conceived & well made. We make & sell a very, (hopefully) beautiful, well-made things.”

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very large number of



100 | Thin - XBold

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YPHSET 100 | Thin Italic - XBold Italic

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(FORM, FUNCTION AND USABILITY)

BLUE COLLAR

PURE fanatical care beyond the obvious

Simplicity & Focus

d a u e rh a f te SYN E R GY “our products are tools & we don’t want design to get in the way”


intuitive INQUISITIVE AND CURIOUS

SIMPLE “I’m very aware of an incredible tradition in the UK of designing and making…”

minimalistisch

HONEST The beauty is in the clear expression of function

C L AR IT Y


MENU


68 | Thin

simplicity isn’t simple. Designing anything of

Simplicity is not the

consequence is incredibly

absence of clutter, that

challenging. Our goal is

is a consequence of

to try to bring a calm and

simplicity. Simplicity

simplicity to what are

is somehow essentially

incredibly complex

describing the purpose

problems so that you're

and place of an object

not aware really of the

& product. The absence

solution, you're not aware

of clutter is just a

of how hard the problem

clutter-free product.

was that was eventually

That's not simple.

solved. The quest for

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simplicity has to pervade every part of the process. It really is fundamental.


76 | Black - Thin

A AB ABC ABCD ABCDE ABCDEF ABCDE FG ABCDE FGH


abcde abcde abcde

120 | Black - Bold - Thin

MASTER WEIGHTS


76 | Black talic - Thin Italic

I IJ IJ K IJ K L IJ K LM IJ K LM N IJ K L M N O IJ K L M N O P.


OPENTYPE FEATURES

X1234567890 X1234567890 Lining Figures Oldstyle Figures Numerator/Denominator Superscript/Subscript

78 | Thin

Small Caps

X1₂ X³₄ X567890



OPENTYPE FEATURES

SMALL CAPS

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ABCDEFGHIJKLMN —OPQRSTUVWXYZ


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40 « Heavy

HEAVY. A COMPLETE DISPLAY WEIGHT WITH OVER 800 CHARACTERS. FREE. A COMPLETE DISPLAY WEIGHT WITH OVER 800 CHARACTERS. FREE. A COMPLETE DISPLAY WEIGHT WITH OVER 800 CHARACTERS. FREE. A COMPLETE WEIGHT.


Rapid-Prototyping

HALLMARK ‘form and colour defines your perception of the nature of an object’

SLEEK,

MINIMALIST

VIBE

intuitive

0.00 the shape, the form defines its function

(Design drives the technology, not the other way around)

BONA FIDE


76 | Heavy

Q QR QRS QRST QRSTU QRSTUV QRSTUVW QRSTUVW*


£ $ € ¥ ¢ ƒ

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22 | 240 | 11

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Heavy

£ fiffj OPENTYPE FEATURES


100 | Heavy

OPENTYPE FEATURES

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OPENTYPE FEATURES

20 | 210 | Heavy

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it’s hard to overestimate the influence of jony ive. the last decade has belonged to him.


TOMORROW DOESN’T WAIT FOR THE MAN WHO DESIGNS IT.


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