Neo Sans and Neo Tech are the typefaces designed by the British type designer Sebastian Lester

Seb Lester

Seb Lester, also Sebastian Lester, is a London-based type designer, typographic illustrator and artist. Lester is notable for prominent type designs, book cover designs and calligraphic prints....

. The typeface was released by Monotype Corporation

Monotype Corporation

Monotype Imaging Holdings is a Delaware corporation based in Woburn, Massachusetts and specializing in typesetting and typeface design as well as text and imaging solutions for use with consumer electronics devices. Monotype Imaging Holdings is the owner of Monotype Imaging Inc., Linotype,...

 on April 19, 2004. The design concept called for a versatile, futuristic typeface that didn't look "crude, gimmicky or ephemeral". The font was released with a companion typeface called Neo Tech.

Neo Sans was used as the official typeface of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Users

• A customized version of Neo Sans, called Neo Sans Intel, was created for use in the 2005 redesigned logo and identity for the Intel Corporation
  Intel Corporation
  Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...
  
  .
• The Labour Party UK uses the typeface in its branding.
• Virgin Trains
  Virgin Trains
  Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. It operates long-distance passenger services on the West Coast Main Line between London, the West Midlands, North West England, North Wales and Scotland...
  
   uses Neo Sans in its branding, as does Kia Motors
  Kia Motors
  Kia Motors , headquartered in Seoul, is South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010...
  
  .
• Valve Corporation
  Valve Corporation
  Valve Corporation is an American video game development and digital distribution company based in Bellevue, Washington, United States...
  
   used Neo Sans for the 2010 freeware game Alien Swarm
  Alien Swarm
  Alien Swarm is a total conversion mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 created by Black Cat Games and initially released on May 28, 2004. Alien Swarm, version 1.2 was released on September 10, 2004, with the official campaigns, Sigma and Ortega...
  
  .
• The ITV
  ITV
  ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
  
   network (including ITV1
  ITV1
  ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
  
   in England
  England
  England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
  
   and Wales
  Wales
  Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
  
  ) breakfast show Daybreak
  Daybreak
  -Albums:*Daybreak *Daybreak *Daybreak *Daybreak, an album by Paul Hardcastle*Daybreak, an album by Mezzoforte*Daybreak -Songs:...
  
   uses this font in its onscreen graphics.
• GoNorthEast (a British public transport company) use the font in their promotional leaflets and informative posters.