What is the LF Taz III font?
The Taz type family was originally developed as a headline typeface for taz – short for Tageszeitung – a nation-wide German daily. It was, and still is, the cornerstone of the paper’s strong, trustworthy visual identity. Says Luc(as): “For a headline font, you want the lines to be as closely line-spaced as possible. The accents on the capitals – a very common feature in German – cannot take up too much space.” Ascenders and descenders were kept short for maximum impact.
Although the Taz family was designed as a newspaper font, it works equally well in many other contexts. It has been used in glossy magazines, sales catalogues and corporate brochures, and is appreciated for its readability when used for longer texts in medium sizes. More…
Since its inception, the Taz typeface has steadily been expanded. The current version, Taz III, comes in a staggering range of 15 weights, including a large series of distinctive hairline fonts and an UltraBlack for maximum impact on giant posters and in magazine headlines.
The current OpenType version includes character sets for dozens of languages including special sets for Central European, Baltic, Icelandic and Turkish.
LF Taz III Font families
The LF Taz III includes the following font families:
- Taz H04
- Taz H04 Italic
- Taz H06
- Taz H06 Italic
- Taz H09
- Taz H09 Italic
- Taz H14
- Taz H14 Italic
- Taz H21
- Taz H21 Italic
- Taz UltraLight
- Taz UltraLight Italic
- Taz ExtraLight
- Taz ExtraLight Italic
- Taz Light
- Taz Light Italic
- Taz SemiLight
- Taz SemiLight Italic
- Taz Regular
- Taz Italic
- Taz SemiBold
- Taz SemiBold Italic
- Taz Bold
- Taz Bold Italic
- Taz ExtraBold Italic
- Taz ExtraBold
- Taz Black
- Taz Black Italic
- Taz UltraBlack
- Taz UltraBlack Italic
LF Taz III Preview
Here is a preview of how LF Taz III will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
