font_foundry: Bitstream
Serifa
Developed by Adrian Frutiger for Bauer in 1966, Serifa is a slabserif based on the principles that led to the success of Frutiger’s 1956 sanserif, Univers. Glypha, designed by Frutiger for Stempel in 1979,...
Raleigh
Following the death of Carl Dair, David Anderson redrew Dair’s design, Cartier, for Typsettra, where it was renamed Raleigh. Adrian Williams at Fonts added three weights as a display series for Conways, while Robert...
Park Avenue
The first of the popular American informal scripts designed by R.E. Smith for ATF in 1933.
OCR-A
A set of capitals adequate for machine reading only; this barely legible pioneer sees declining use.
Life
Designed by Francesco Simoncini and W. Bilz, this design follows Times New Roman in structure, but differs in some details. Unlike Times New Roman, the boldface is a weighted version of the roman.
Kaufmann
The most popular type of this kind, designed for ATF by M.R. Kaufmann in 1936.
Futura
Futura is the fully developed prototype of the twentieth century Geometric Sanserif. The form is ancient, Greek capitals being inscribed by the Cretans twenty-five hundred years ago at the time of Pythagoras in the...
Franklin Gothic
Produced by ATF in 1904, Morris Fuller Benton’s personal version of the heavy sanserifs first made popular by Vincent Figgins in 1830. Franklin Gothic remains popular after over a hundred years of use.
Folio
Designed by Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum in 1956, Folio was the first popular Swiss Sanserif; the positive black shapes of the letters appear to be locked inevitably into the correct position by the...