Typophile

Liber© - a Danish typeface

Poul Steen Larsen

Liber©, was designed and digitized by me and launched in 1993. It was the second typeface designed in Denmark. First was Paul Søgren's Jante (1992).Until 1999 Liber© was reserved for the exclusive use of the Royal School of Library and Information Science - and was my personal font, which it remains. Since 1993 a number of books and booklets published by the school were set in Liber©. In 1999 I decided to give it wider application, and a few commercially produced books were set in Liber©. After 15 years the font can be now acquired for general use. Applications should be adresssed to me at psl@psl.dk.

The font was designed as a bookface for print only, and for use in sizes between 5 and 13 pt. The enclosed GIF image displays the characters in rather crude shapes.

The attached PDF-file is a poster produced for the recent ATyPi conference in Copenhagen. It shows the characters as they really look.

Comments are wellcome !

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