What is the Neo Contact™ font?
Neo Contact is the typeface used on the packaging of Marlboro cigarettes (Marlboro “Reds,” the main line of the brand). The typeface is bold and condensed, designed in the Egyptienne style. Egyptienne types were first designed in the 1800s, as type founders – especially in the westward-expanding United States – began to dream up newer, bolder styles of letters for advertising usage. During the 1800s, it became increasingly important for businesses to set themselves, and their products, apart from competitors. This desire has remained with corporations, as well as with advertisers and designers, into the 21st century. More…
In addition to cigarette packaging, Neo Contact (as part of Marlboro’s branding efforts) can be seen on numerous items, including Ferrari’s F1 racers, and at Formula 1 race tracks.
The letters in Neo Contact are filled with personality. Their forms display two distinct weights of line, and the serifs are made up of tiny, strict slabs. Ball terminals round out the design. Neo Contact is a complete font, with a complete western character set.
Typefaces in the Egyptienne style preceded the development and distribution of larger, crazier wood typefaces, but also share many similarities with these descendents. More traditional, text faces in the Egyptienne manner are also available from Linotype GmbH (e.g., Adrian Frutiger’s Egyptienne F). On the opposite end of the spectrum, we offer interesting, personality-filled wood display types, like Ponderosa as well.
Neo Contact™ Font families
The Neo Contact™ includes the following font families:
- Neo Contact Pro Regular
- Neo Contact Std Regular
Neo Contact™ Preview
Here is a preview of how Neo Contact™ will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
You're probably thinking - Is Neo Contact™ available to Download for free?
The short answer is no. Neo Contact™ is definitely not available as a free download font. This is a premium font which mean that you will have to pay to download and use it in your project. We showcase fonts on SharedFonts that are almost all premium fonts. Feel free to waste valuable hours of your time searching for a free download of Neo Contact™, but take it from me, you will not be successful in your quest. Just think how much time and effort you will save if you just pay for Neo Contact™ and be done with it.
It is always best to pay for a premium font rather than trying to find an illegal download. The benefits of paying for Neo Contact™ is that you get the license to use it leagally. If you're using an illegal version of Neo Contact™ and you get caught, you or your client could get into some trouble legally with the publisher of Neo Contact™.
Also it is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Neo Contact™ for free. Doing various searches on Google such as "Free Neo Contact™ Download" you will see a lot of websites that will say "Free Download" but these are just attempts to get you to click on a link which will either take you to an ad landing page or you risk getting viruses on your computer. In the rare occasion that you do find a free download for Neo Contact™ remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!
If you really want Neo Contact™ and you want to truly own it the legal and safe way, then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts.com. Here you will be able to obtain the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work, as they have put in the hours and the creativity to produce such an amazing font. Good luck with your purchase and future use of this font. :)