ÉconoSans Reduced 65 Medium Font

EconoSans family consisting of 28 fonts
EconoSansReduced-65Medium.ttf
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ÉconoSans Reduced 65 Medium font is a clean sans serif font designed by Ingo Zimmermann of ingoFonts.

The most space-saving sans serif

Even the name of the font implies its function: French for the infinitive to save is conomiser. Now if that doesnt sound good

This font saves more space
than any of its kind!

Slim proportions,
but not condensed

Characters which nearly touch

Sparse ascenders and descenders

Distinct forms

How close to each other can the characters of a font get? Theoretically, as close as you want. But obviously, the words should still be legible. And as any designer knows, body clearance of characters also depends on other parameters such as point size and line spacing.

In practice, there are always situations in which as much information as possible has to be positioned in as little space as possible.

The ingoFont conoSans is made for exactly this purpose.

The shapes of the upper and lower case letters are completely matter-of-fact, the way a modern font has got to be. The letters c, e, and s are wide open to their neighbors. An especially distinguished trait of this font is the design of the triangular characters v, w, y, x, k, z and A, V, W, Y, Z, K, X, M, N. And the open form of B, R and P is also not typical in a sans serif.

The distance between letters is kept tight and often the characters nearly touch, but only nearly.

Results of a comparison*: With conoSans you gain approximately 20% more text in a line than with Tahoma, and even still more than 10% compared to Helvetica Neue, not to mention the old normal Helvetica
* In order to truly compare, the fonts were measured up to the same visual size, i.e. conoSans 12 pts, Avenir Next 12.5 pts, Bell Centennial 12.5 pts, Helvetica 11 pts, Tahoma 11 pts.   

In addition to the normal figures, conoSans also includes tabular figures with unvarying width as well as ligatures (character connections). Among the ligatures, the double mm is especially unusual and is hardly familiar, but can contribute greatly to saving space without catching the readers eye.
Tabular figures and ligatures can be turned on and off by means of the corresponding Open Type functions of the user program.

The font downloadable here is a reduced version (without punctuation, ligatures, numbers etc.). A commercial version of this font (with all features) is available at www.ingofonts.com.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
Copyright (c) 2016 by Ingo Zimmermann. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
Font family
EconoSans Red Med
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Version 3.009;ifon;EconoSansRed-65Medium;2016;FL714
Name table version
Version 3.009
Postscript font name
EconoSansRed-65Medium
Manufacturer name
Designer
Description
Copyright 2016 by ingoFonts Ingo Zimmermann, Augsburg. All rights reserved.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Created2016-04-30
Revision3
Glyph count53
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSans serif
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthSemi-condensed
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
Complete pack contains 28 font weights listed below:
EconoSansReduced-65Medium.ttf
EconoSansReduced-43LightExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-76BoldItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-54BookExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-93BlackExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-45Light.ttf
EconoSansReduced-35Thin.ttf
EconoSansReduced-63MediumExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-64MediumExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-66MediumItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-75Bold.ttf
EconoSansReduced-53BookExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-84HeavyExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-36ThinItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-56Italic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-55Book.ttf
EconoSansReduced-94BlackExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-73BoldExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-34ThinExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-95Black.ttf
EconoSansReduced-96BlackItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-83HeavyExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-46LightItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-86HeavyItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-33ThinExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-85Heavy.ttf
EconoSansReduced-44LightExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-74BoldExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-43LightExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-76BoldItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-54BookExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-93BlackExpanded.ttf
ÉconoSans Reduced 45 Light Website TrueTypePersonal use
EconoSansReduced-45Light.ttf
ÉconoSans Reduced 35 Thin Website TrueTypePersonal use
EconoSansReduced-35Thin.ttf
ÉconoSans Reduced 63 Med Exp Website TrueTypePersonal use
EconoSansReduced-63MediumExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-64MediumExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-66MediumItalic.ttf
ÉconoSans Reduced 75 Bold Website TrueTypePersonal use
EconoSansReduced-75Bold.ttf
EconoSansReduced-53BookExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-84HeavyExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-36ThinItalic.ttf
ÉconoSans Reduced 56 Italic Website TrueTypePersonal use
EconoSansReduced-56Italic.ttf
ÉconoSans Reduced 55 Book Website TrueTypePersonal use
EconoSansReduced-55Book.ttf
EconoSansReduced-94BlackExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-73BoldExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-34ThinExpandedItalic.ttf
ÉconoSans Reduced 95 Black Website TrueTypePersonal use
EconoSansReduced-95Black.ttf
EconoSansReduced-96BlackItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-83HeavyExpanded.ttf
EconoSansReduced-46LightItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-86HeavyItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-33ThinExpanded.ttf
ÉconoSans Reduced 85 Heavy Website TrueTypePersonal use
EconoSansReduced-85Heavy.ttf
EconoSansReduced-44LightExpandedItalic.ttf
EconoSansReduced-74BoldExpandedItalic.ttf