Rotis

Rotis
CategoryFont superfamily; humanist sans-serif
Designer(s)Otl Aicher
FoundryAgfa
VariationsRotis serif
Rotis semi-serif
Rotis semi-sans
rotis sans
Shown hereRotis semi-sans

Rotis is a typeface developed in 1988 by Otl Aicher, a German graphic designer and typographer. In Rotis, Aicher explores an attempt at maximum legibility through a highly unified yet varied typeface family that ranges from full serif, glyphic, and sans-serif. The four basic Rotis variants are:

  • Rotis serif (antiqua) — with full serifs
  • Rotis semi-serif (semi-antiqua) — with hinted serifs
  • Rotis semi-sans (semi-grotesque) — with zero serifs but with stroke width variation
  • Rotis sans (lineale humanist sans-serif) — with zero serifs and with minimal variation on stroke width