font_foundry: Monotype

Spectrum MT

Spectrum MT font

Jan van Krimpen designed Spectrum for the Dutch Enschedé foundry in 1952. Released by the Monotype Corporation in 1955, Spectrum is a direct descendant of the great Aldine types of Venice, which are characterized...

Shannon

Shannon font

Scotch Roman MT

Scotch Roman MT font

Scottish typefounders exerted a strong influence on the development of “transitional” typefaces, the bridge from “oldstyle” (Jenson, Garamond) to “modern” (Bodoni, Didot) designs. Scotch Roman designs were first cut by…

Rotis SansSerif

Rotis SansSerif font

The Rotis family was designed in 1989 by Otl Aicher for Agfa; his last type design. Rotis pioneered the idea of matching subfamilies: Sans Serif, Semi Sans, Semi Serif, and Serif. Readily identifiable in...

Rotis SemiSans

Rotis SemiSans font

Rotis Serif

Rotis Serif font

Runic

Runic font

Rockwell

Rockwell font

Raphael

Raphael font

Photina MT

Photina MT font

As its name implies, Photina was created specifically for phototypesetting, the technology that preceded digital and laser typesetting. Photina was designed by Jose Mendoza y Almeida in 1971 and was the third face made...