Miller, designed by Matthew Carter, is a “Scotch Roman”, a class of sturdy, general purpose types of Scottish origin, widely used in the US in the 19th century, but neglected since and overdue for...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 19, 2015
Mantinia, designed by Matthew Carter, is a titling face inspired by the letterforms painted and engraved by Andrea Mantegna, artist of the Italian Renaissance and one of the first to study and revive the...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 18, 2015
Bitstream Charter was designed in the mid-1980s by Matthew Carter. The typeface was designed with the limitations of low- and middle-resolution output devices in mind; hence the squared off serifs and lack of excessive...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified November 6, 2024
Auriol font was the basis for the lettering used by Hector Guimard for the entrance signs to the Paris Metro. Bitstream’s Freeform 721 with his brush stroke look, is well-suited to display settings.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 6, 2015
The classical French Ronde, as it appears in the work of Nicholas Gando in the middle of the eighteenth century, adapted for photocomposition at Mergenthaler in 1970 by Hans Jurg Hunzicker and Matthew Carter....
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 15, 2024
Charter was designed in the mid-1980s by Matthew Carter. The typeface was designed with the limitations of low- and middle-resolution output devices in mind; hence the squared off serifs and the economy of diagonals...