Work on Scene began some time after designer Sebastian Lester joined Monotype Imaging in 2000. Clean, calm, and highly legible — thus the design brief Lester set for himself. With Scene, he wanted to provide graphic designers and creative directors with a suite of fonts that would serve as a strong foundation for identity projects, incorporating what he had learned about on-screen and print legibility. Scene was developed during two years of after-hours and weekend work. The family comes in six weights with matching italics, there is a set of “semi-sans” characters to introduce more expressive word rhythms into headlines and blocks of copy.
OpenType versions include alternate glyphs as part of the character set. PostScript & TrueType versions include a separate file for the alternate characters.
Most fonts on the site are available to download as soon as your transaction is completed. You will receive a link to download the font to your desktop.
Offline font delivery via email:
Fonts from certain suppliers, e.g. Berthold and Font Bureau, are not available to download automatically; your order will be emailed to you free of charge, normally within half an hour of the transaction being completed. Please note that our office hours are 9am to 6pm Mon-Fri, UK time. Offline orders received after this time will be processed on the next working day.
Shipping and physical delivery:
CDs, books and any product that requires shipment by post or courier will incur a charge. The costs will be shown in your shopping cart.