Snell Roundhand
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...
font_designer: Matthew Carter
Olympian
Designed by Matthew Carter and intended for newspaper use. Contemporary newspaper columns are narrow and require typefaces that are efficient in their use of width. The old-style diagonal emphasis is used to obtain maximum...
Helvetica
With the name Helvetica (Latin for Swiss), this font has the objective and functional style which was associated with Swiss typography in the 1950s and 1960s. It is perfect for international correspondence: no ornament,...
ITC Galliard
Galliard was originally designed for Mergenthaler Linotype in 1978 as a photocomposition typeface. It is modeled on the work of Robert Granjon, a sixteenth-century punchcutter whose typefaces are renowned for their beauty and legibility....
Cascade
Released by Linotype in 1965, this design by Matthew Carter is based on an earlier type by the Ludlow foundry. Cascade Script is a dark, disconnected script with angular forms. The bold letters have...
Bell Centennial
Bell Centennial font was created by Matthew Carter in 1976 for the American telephone company Bell. Its bold, clear characters make it an extremely legible and distinctive font.
Auriol
This type, released by Peignot in 1901, was based on the handwriting of the art nouveau painter and designer, Georges Auriol. The Peignot drawing office insisted on a more normal appearance in the boldface,...
Miller Banner
Miller Banner takes Matthew Carter’s popular Miller series to new heights: 100pt and up, beyond any examples among the Scotch Roman’s historic antecedents. Optimized for very large settings, its hairlines have been sharpened and...