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What is the Metro® Office font?

The Metro Office family is designed after the model of the original sans serif family – Metro No.1 – produced by W.A. Dwiggins and Mergenthaler Linotype’s design studio during the late 1920s and 1930s. A distinctly new interpretation of the sans serif idea, Metro was a thoroughly “American” sans serif when it was released. However, over the ensuing decades, it became a favorite the world over. Moreover, it is one of the first “humanist” sans serif typefaces designed. While redesigning Metro in 2006, Linotype’s Type Director Akira Kobayashi drew from his own knowledge of humanistic letterforms. The result is a redefined Metro; a typeface that is finally ready for heavy text setting. More… The original Linotype Metro No.1 never had italic variants. Kobayashi has created oblique variants, extending its use in document setting. A double-storey a and g, as well as a wider w were features of Dwiggins’ original Metro design that were filtered out by Mergenthaler Linotype in the 1930s. Kobayashi remedied this historical slight, retooling Dwiggins’ original forms and optimizing their legibility. Kobayashi has additionally retooled some of Metro’s more troublesome letters, which has black elements that became too dense. By opening up the troublesome joins (like that on the Q), Kobayashi has given his new Metro a more even color in text, improving its legibility while retaining its original spirit.

Metro® Office Font families

The Metro® Office includes the following font families:
  • Metro Office Pro Regular
  • Metro Office Pro Italic
  • Metro Office Pro Bold
  • Metro Office Pro Bold Italic
  • Metro Office Std Regular
  • Metro Office Std Italic
  • Metro Office Std Bold
  • Metro Office Std Bold Italic

Metro® Office Preview

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Font Name: Metro® Office

Design Date: 2006

Designer(s): William Addison Dwiggins, Akira Kobayashi

Publisher: Linotype