font_foundry: Lanston Type Co.

LTC Jenson

LTC Jenson font

Jenson Oldstyle was designed by J. W. Phinney of the Dickinson Type Foundry in 1893. Jenson is based on the ‘Golden Type’ designed by William Morris in 1890 for his private press editions under...

LTC Bodoni 175

LTC Bodoni 175 font

Giambattista Bodoni created this modern typeface in 1790 which served as the structural model for Sol Hess’s faithful rendition. Hess made necessary adjustments for mechanical typesetting on Lanston’s Monotype composition system. Remastered in 2006…

LTC Broadway

LTC Broadway font

Originally designed by Morris Fuller Benton for ATF in 1927, Sol Hess added a lower case in 1929. Hess also drew Broadway Engraved in 1928 for Lanston Monotype. Broadway has become somewhat of a...

LTC Holiday Ornaments

LTC Holiday Ornaments font

Assembled for those less commercialized holidays, LTC Holiday Ornaments features over 80 printers’ ornaments from Lanston Monotype and other historical foundries such as BBS and ATF. Holidays include Easter, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day,...

LTC Goudy Ornate

LTC Goudy Ornate font

Goudy Ornate (also known as Ornate Title) was designed in 1931 by Frederic Goudy. He states “It is a simple, decorative face that has been used by some good presses for use on title-pages...

LTC Keystone Ornaments

LTC Keystone Ornaments font

LTC Keystone Ornaments is a set of over 100 glyphs based on “running border” ornaments from Keystone Type Foundry of Philadelphia, circa 1903. These geometric dingbats can be used individually for decorative emphasis, or...

LTC Record Title

LTC Record Title font

Record Title was designed by Frederic Goudy in 1927 as a proprietary commission for the Architectural Record magazine. Based on classic Roman letter proportions, Goudy considered this one of his most successful commissions ever....

LTC Goudy Open

LTC Goudy Open font

Goudy Modern/Open was designed by Frederic Goudy, who was inspired by the caption of a French engraving. It is Goudy’s first attempt at a “modern” face, but with less contrast and rigidity normally found...

LTC Camelot

LTC Camelot font

Camelot was the first of over 100 typefaces designed by Frederic Goudy. The upper case characters were drawn in 1896 for the Dickinson Type Foundry. Goudy was so encouraged by his check for $10...

LTC Goudy Modern

LTC Goudy Modern font

Goudy Modern/Open was designed by Frederic Goudy, who was inspired by the caption of a French engraving. It is Goudy’s first attempt at a “modern” face, but with less contrast and rigidity normally found...