This font was an inspiration for Stone Sans (see above). This is a humanist sans serif which is a more recent member of the Stone ‘super family’ of typefaces, which includes Stone Serif, Stone Sans and Stone Informal. It was also released as a separate typeface under the name Arrighi. Its italic is based on Ludovico degli Arrighi’s letters of the 1560s, and was made by Frederic Warde. Its italic is both original and charming.īased on the same Jenson typefaces as the above Jenson Pro, Centaur is a sharp, crisp typeface with a calligraphic feel. Georg Trump has added a modern classic to the list.īased on the Renaissance typeface of Nicolas Jenson, this font will be well suited for any text requiring a classical feel, with connotations to the Renaissance, and the calligraphy of the time. A forward leaning, rather than structurally different italic is a peculiarity, but the regular has sharp, but warm details. This is a unique, original antiqua with a contemporary feel to it. No, it’s not from Medieval times, despite its name. The italic includes swashes and special characters. Its many optical sizes are a plus, and it’s wonderful in titles. For the correct occasion it can infuse the text with lively calligraphic energy. Made for headings, Zapf designed Aldus for use in longer texts in smaller sizes, plus the caps only titling faces Sistina and Michelangelo.īased on Slimbach’s own broad edged pen calligraphic interpretations of the littera antica of the Renaissance, this has become a warm, lively font for use when more passion is at play. A truly original, but highly legible design. Robert Bringhurst wrote one for this ‘lyrical modernist’ oldstyle font by Zapf. Not many fonts have a book made for them. Highly legible, it also has small caps, oldstyle figures, diacritics, plus Greek, Armenian and Cyrillic alphabets, optical sizes, condensed styles and stylistic alternates such as swash capitals. Minion is ideal as a versatile font for book design and magazines. Its italic is modelled on the fonts of Garamond’s contemporary, Robert Granjon. An interpretation of Claude Garamond’s classical typefaces from the 1560s, Slimbach includes small caps, oldstyle figures, diacritics and much more in the OpenType (Pro) version of this font, making it ideal for classical book design work.
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