Romana
The French interest in the revival of suitably edited Oldstyle romans as an alternative to a world of Modern typefaces started in 1846 when Louis Perrin cut the Lyons capitals. About 1860, as Phemister...
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Schadow
Designed by Georg Trump in 1938, this typeface was Weber’s answer to Ludwig & Mayer’s Candida.
Playbill
Robert Harling’s 1938 revival of this nineteenth century form, designed for Stephenson Blake.
Orbit-B
A second VGC face, this one by S. Biggenden, borrowing from the structure of MICR figures to lend computer associations to the page.
P.T. Barnum
One of the original nineteenth century designs, cut at Barnhart Brothers & Spindler in Chicago about 1880, passed on to us through ATF. Unlike most Circus types, the serifs of P.T. Barnum are bracketed.
Park Avenue
The first of the popular American informal scripts designed by R.E. Smith for ATF in 1933.
OCR-A
A set of capitals adequate for machine reading only; this barely legible pioneer sees declining use.
OCR-B BT
Adrian Frutiger’s distinguished and successful 1966 design for the European Computer Manufacturers’ Association improving readability of letters for both machines and humans. OCR-B is replacing OCR-A.
Old Dreadful No. 7
Old Dreadful No. 7 is truly a unique typeface design. Bitstream’s designers and other employees all contributed individual letterforms to the character set. This typeface is definitely not recommended for long blocks of texts!...