font_designer: Matthew Carter

Charter BT Pro

Charter BT Pro font

Originally released in 1987, Charter incorporates three important features: compact set width to give economical copyfit; generous x-height to give readability at small point sizes; and sturdy open letterforms to give reliable reproduction at...

English 111

English 111 font

Verdana

Verdana font

The Verdana fonts were created specifically to address the challenges of on-screen display. Designed by world renowned type designer Matthew Carter, and hand-hinted by leading hinting expert, Tom Rickner, these sans serif fonts are...

Georgia

Georgia font

Although inspired by the need for, and providing, clarity at low resolutions on the screen, Georgia is a typeface resonant with typographic personality. Even at small sizes the face exudes a sense of friendliness....

Nina

Nina font

Nina is a new condensed sans serif typeface designed to be as readable as possible at small sizes, whilst squeezing in as many characters per inch as feasibly possible. This typeface was designed for...

Tahoma

Tahoma font

Tahoma is one of Microsoft’s new sans serif typeface families. It consists of two Windows TrueType fonts (regular and bold), and was created to address the challenges of on-screen display, particularly at small sizes...

Baskerville Greek

Baskerville Greek font

Monticello

Monticello font

Linotype Monticello was designed by C.H. Griffith in 1946. Its design is based on James Ronaldsons Roman No.1 and Oxford Typefaces from American Type Founders and was revised by Matthew Carter while he was...

Shelley Script

Shelley Script font

Matthew Carter’s revival of the hand of the early eighteenth century English writing master, George Shelley; the face is traditional, and is made in three degrees of flourish.

Snell Roundhand

Snell Roundhand font

Late in the seventeenth century, the English writing master, Charles Snell, decried all flourishes in the Puritan tradition and stood for a plain and efficient form of roundhand. The large x-height of these unadorned...