font_foundry: Linotype

Linotype Centennial

Linotype Centennial font

Centennial appeared in 1986 in honor of Linotype’s 100th birthday. The roman and light cuts of the font are reminiscent of the Century typeface, particularly on that of Linn B. Benton and Morris F....

Carta

Carta font

Carta is a map font designed at Adobe by Lynne Garell in 1986. Carta’s development began with the study of a variety of maps from sources such as the U.S. Geological Survey and National...

Caravan

Caravan font

Caravan was designed in 1938 by William Addison Dwiggins and consists of a variety of ornaments. He based the forms of the ornaments on the same lines and curves found in his font Electra....

Carolina

Carolina font

Carolina is a part of the 1990 program “Type before Gutenberg”, which included the work of twelve contemporary font designers and represented styles from across the ages. Linotype offers a package including all these...

Cascade

Cascade font

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...

New Caledonia

New Caledonia font

Bundesbahn Pi

Bundesbahn Pi font

Border Pi

Border Pi font

This typeface consists of individual pieces that can be combined to make a wide variety of borders. For each border design, the pieces generally include four corners, a vertical section, and a horizontal section.

Blackoak

Blackoak font

Joy Redick designed Blackoak, a big and heavy Egyptienne-sytle titling slab serif face, in 1990. The extremely robust style of the characters in this typeface was consciously distorted; creating letterforms that appear flattened and...

Auriol

Auriol font

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,...