URW Nimbus Sans Round

What is the URW Nimbus Sans Round Font?

First versions of Nimbus Sans have been designed and digitized in the 1980s for the URW SIGNUS sign-making system. Highest precision of all characters (1/100 mm accuracy) as well as spacing and kerning were required because the fonts should be cut in any size in vinyl or other material used for sign-making. During this period three size ranges were created for text (T), the display (D) and poster (P) for small, medium and very large font sizes. In addition, we produced a so-called L-version that was compatible to Adobe’s PostScript version of Helvetica. Nimbus was also the product name of a URW-proprietary renderer for high quality and fast rasterization of outline fonts, a software provided to the developers of PostScript clone RIPs (Hyphen, Harlequin, etc.) back then. Also in the 80s, a new, improved version of the Nimbus Sans, namely Nimbus Sans Novus was designed. Nimbus Sans Novus was conceptually developed entirely with URW’s IKARUS system, i.e. all styles harmonize perfectly with each other in terms of line width, weight, proportions, etc. On top of that, Nimbus Sans Novus contains more styles than Nimbus Sans.. Now, Nimbus Sans Novus is also available as Round (like the popular URW fonts Futura Round and Eurostile Round). The Round versions are intended to facilitate the work of designers and typographers. The fonts can be used directly, without further preparatory work in graphic programs as finished, high-quality Rounds.

URW Nimbus Sans Round Font Families

When you download URW Nimbus Sans Round, the family will include the following font styles:

• URW Nimbus Sans Round Ultra Light
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Ultra Light Italic
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Light
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Light Italic
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Regular
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Italic
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Medium
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Medium Italic
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Semi Bold
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Semi Bold Italic
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Bold
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Bold Italic
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Heavy
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Heavy Italic
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Black
• URW Nimbus Sans Round Black Italic

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Who Designed the URW Nimbus Sans Round Font?

URW Nimbus Sans Round was designed by URW Studio.

This font has 16 style(s) and was published by URW Type Foundry.

Is URW Nimbus Sans Round a Free Download?

Like all of the fonts listed here on The Font Bot, URW Nimbus Sans Round is a premium font and is not available to download for free.

Please do not try to find a free download of URW Nimbus Sans Round. If you really want this font for your new project, support the designer and the foundry and click here to purchase it officially.

I'm sure if you tried really hard, you could figure out how to download URW Nimbus Sans Round for free. You might also get a virus on your computer or get hacked as a result. Not to mention it is illegal to use URW Nimbus Sans Round if you did not pay for it.

How Much is URW Nimbus Sans Round to Buy?

If you've made it this far down the page and you are really interested to use URW Nimbus Sans Round for your new project, great!

The last time we checked the price for URW Nimbus Sans Round, it was available for as little as $29.00.