What is the Engel New™ font?
EngelNewSans is sans serif family of 12 weights and an upgrade of the typeface Engel also published by Die Gestalten Verlag. The project began with an extension to the original Engel character set and freshening up the typeface to suit the OpenType format. EngelNewSerif came about as a sibling to EngelNewSans as a corresponding serif family also of 12 weights, matching those of EngelNewSans. Both families are designed for a wide usage in running text and headlines. More…
EngelNewSans is an evolved version of the original Engel typeface, which undergone improvements to the individual letterforms and the overall look which resulted in this sans serif type family with a more mature confident character and with softer, rounder and more harmonious shapes. The characteristics between the two could perhaps, very fittingly, be compared to a person showing different sides to their personality at different stages in life. With EngelNewSans portraying the more mature role while the original Engel shows traits of a cool teenager with rough edges, not yet fully developed. To make the light weights function with serifs attached for EngelNewSerif, the same low stroke contrast as seen in EngelNewSans was applied. Further discovery found that the serifs and the stem width had to be optically similar for the light weights not to appear too fragile. In the heavy weights however, the stroke contrast was higher than in the Sans versions, this was done to open up the counters and make room for the serifs to breathe. The intention of the families is to motivate an element of play and give the designer a larger selection to work with.
Engel New™ Font families
The Engel New™ includes the following font families:
- Engel New Sans Extra Light
- Engel New Sans Extra Light Italic
- Engel New Sans Light
- Engel New Sans Light Italic
- Engel New Sans Regular
- Engel New Sans Italic
- Engel New Sans Medium
- Engel New Sans Medium Italic
- Engel New Sans Semi Bold
- Engel New Sans Semi Bold Italic
- Engel New Sans Bold
- Engel New Sans Bold Italic
- Engel New Serif Extra Light
- Engel New Serif Extra Light Italic
- Engel New Serif Light
- Engel New Serif Light Italic
- Engel New Serif Regular
- Engel New Serif Italic
- Engel New Serif Medium
- Engel New Serif Medium Italic
- Engel New Serif Semi Bold
- Engel New Serif Semi Bold Italic
- Engel New Serif Bold
- Engel New Serif Bold Italic
Engel New™ Preview
Here is a preview of how Engel New™ will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
