Nobel is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Sjoerd Henrik de Roos (1877–1962) and Dick Dooijes (1909–1998) in the period 1929–1935 for the Amsterdam Type foundry).

[2] Andrea Fuchs and Fred Smeijers produced a revival for the Dutch Type Library (DTL) in 1993, using the archives of Lettergieterij Amsterdam.

In the same year in the United States, Tobias Frere-Jones, then at Font Bureau, began a revival of the Nobel face.

Nobel WGL also supports Turkish, Greek, Cyrillic, Vietnamese and Pan-European languages.

[4] Canadian type designer Ray Larabie designed Mesmerize typeface that inspired from Nobel and available in 40 styles (Expanded, Extended, Normal, Semi Condensed, Condensed, Ultra Light, Extra Light, Light, Book, Regular, Semi Bold, Bold, Extra Bold) with italics.