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{{Infobox font
| name = Neuland
| image = Neuland font.svg
| style = Display
| date = 1923
| creator = [[Rudolf Koch]]
| foundry = [[Klingspor Type Foundry|Klingspor]]
| sample = [[Image:Neuland sample.svg|220px|Neuland sample text]]
|}}
'''Neuland''' is a German [[typeface]] that was designed in 1923 by [[Rudolf Koch]] for the [[Klingspor Type Foundry]].
Koch designed it by directly carving each size of each letter into metal. The original typeface thus had a different appearance in each of its sizes, something not followed in digital versions where the same font serves for every print size.
While originally intended as a form of modern [[blackletter]], Neuland has come instead to be used as a signifier of the "exotic" or "primitive", such as in the logos for [[Trader Vic's]], [[Natural American Spirit]] cigarettes, promotional materials for ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'', and the ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' films (which use the "inline" variant, so named because each letter has a thin line inside); the association of this "exotic" or "primitive" implication with African or African-American themes has been criticized.<ref name="Lined & Unlined">{{cite web|title=New Black Face: Neuland and Lithos as Stereotypography|url=https://linedandunlined.com/archive/new-black-face|website=Lined & Unlined|accessdate=5 November 2018}}</ref>
[[Image:Neuland Inline sample.png|220px|right|thumb|Sample of Neuland Inline]]
Neuland Inline is a common variant of Neuland, perhaps more common than the standard variety.
[[Monotype Imaging|Monotype]] licensed Neuland under the name of 'Othello' (released in 1928) with the agreement that it would not be sold in Germany, Austria or Switzerland.<ref name="History of the Monotype Corporation">{{cite book|last1=Slinn|first1=Judy|last2=Carter|first2=Sebastian|last3=Southall|first3=Richard|author-link2=Sebastian Carter|title=History of the Monotype Corporation|pages=243–4}}</ref>
[[Erbar (typeface)|Phosphor]], by [[Jakob Erbar]], was a contemporary competitor that has a more regular shape.<ref name="Phosphor MT">{{cite web|title=Phosphor MT|url=http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mti/phosphor/|website=[[MyFonts]]|publisher=[[Monotype Imaging|Monotype]]|accessdate=23 January 2016}}</ref> Phosphate, an unofficial revival of Phosphor created by Red Rooster Fonts, is bundled with OS X.<ref name="Phosphate MyFonts">{{cite web|title=Phosphate|url=http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/redrooster/phosphate/|website=[[MyFonts]]|publisher=Red Rooster Collection|accessdate=23 January 2016}}</ref>
Nick Curtis's JungleFever typeface is based on Neuland.<ref>{{cite web|title=JungleFever typeface|url=https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/JungleFever|website=fontsquirrel.com|accessdate=4 September 2020}}</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Neuland (typeface)|Neuland}}
* [http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/kochneuland.html A collection of digital Neuland varieties]
[[Category:Display typefaces]]
[[Category:Letterpress typefaces]]
[[Category:Photocomposition typefaces]]
[[Category:Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1923]]
[[Category:Digital typefaces]]
[[Category:Typefaces designed by Rudolf Koch]]
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