Lineto is a Swiss type foundry founded by Cornel Windlin and Stephan Müller in 1993. In 1998, Lineto launched a website to distribute their fonts digitally. In 2007, Jürg Lehni joined the venture.
Lineto offers an extensive catalogue of fonts by internationally renowned designers, including Laurenz Brunner, James Goggin, Norm, Aurèle Sack and Team'77.
The most well known fonts on Lineto's catalogue include:
Simple, designed by Norm (graphic design group) in 2001 and adapted at the request of Ruedi Baur of Intégral Ruedi Baur Paris to be used as the signage typeface of Cologne Bonn Airport
Akkurat, designed by Laurenz Brunner in 2004 (awarded a Swiss Federal Design Award in 2006) and which proved widely popular
LL Circular, designed by Lauren Brunner in 2005-2013, used widely in publications, advertisement and branding, for example by Airbnb (for general branding application)
LL Brown, designed by Aurèle Sack in 2007-2011, used widely in publications, advertisement and branding, including as above by companies such as Airbnb (for its logo)
Replica, designed by Norm in 2008, used notably for the 2012 rebrand of VH1
Unica, digitised by Team'77 in 2012-2014, based on their 1974-1980 drawings
