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Nimbus Sans L

Open Foundry · URW Type Foundry · 1987

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Nimbus Sans L specimen from Open Foundry

A 1987 GPL-licensed grotesque derived from Helvetica sources, with near-identical metrics to both Helvetica and Arial.

About

Released in 1987 by URW Type Foundry, Nimbus Sans L was produced from Adobe sources as a metrically compatible alternative to Helvetica and Arial. A subset was later released under the GNU General Public License v3.0, making it one of the earlier open-source grotesque options available. The family covers four styles: Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic.

Classification

A grotesque sans-serif derived from Helvetica sources, with metrics closely matching both Helvetica and Arial, placing it firmly in the neo-grotesque tradition.

Weights

RegularBold

Languages

Latin

Tags

grotesquehelvetica-substitutegplneutralneo-grotesqueopen-source