Matthew Carter’s Miller is a seminal reinvigoration of the 19th-century Scotch Roman, serving forthright, authoritative body copy and headlines since 1997. Miller Text has always been the epitome of a reliable publication workhorse. Alongside...
by Staff · Published December 27, 2022
· Last modified May 17, 2024
A 1766 specimen by Isaac Moore, former manager of Joseph Fry’s foundry in Bristol, England, shows many types inspired by John Baskerville’s. But a century later, standardization had foisted inept lining figures and shortened...
by Staff · Published December 27, 2022
· Last modified May 17, 2024
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 last century, but neglected since & overdue for...
by Staff · Published December 27, 2022
· Last modified May 17, 2024
The three largest sizes of type made by the Caslon foundry are strangely unlike the famously consistent text faces cut by William Caslon. Perhaps they were the work of other hands—or of the master...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 19, 2015
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 May 17, 2024