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... recently used fonts would include Iowan Old Style Monticello FTN Farao (Peter, I owe you a copy of that book) ...

Forum topic - elastik - 12 Apr 2004 - 11:52am - 66 comments - 0 attachments

OpenType Superiors Feature: Why do letters and numbers have different baselines?

... features nut fractions, as does Carter's Big Caslon, Monticello and Galliard (CC version). Some of the old URW expert sets have nut ...

Forum topic - dan_reynolds - 19 Dec 2005 - 1:52am - 60 comments - 0 attachments

First massive x-height?

... in Fountain's Baskerville, that Voskens, B&R#1/Oxford/Monticello, Zapf International's italic, Patria. Preferably with a strong ...

Forum topic - George Horton - 4 Apr 2006 - 8:25am - 85 comments - 0 attachments

CARTER, MATTHEW

... it doesn't include the most recent designs, like the Monticello revival). The checklist was compiled by Carter himself. ...

Forum topic - beejay - 25 Apr 2003 - 10:28pm - 16 comments - 0 attachments

Great British Design Quest

... it. It reminds me of another design icon here in Virginia, Monticello. It was impractical and didn't make economic sense, but it is an ...

Forum topic - Sii Daniels - 30 Jan 2006 - 1:11pm - 75 comments - 0 attachments

Nuts about fractions

... lots of Carter's faces: Skia, Big Caslon, CC Galliard, Monticello. John beat me to it. CC Galliard immediately came to my ...

Forum topic - Sii Daniels - 29 Jan 2004 - 2:17pm - 20 comments - 0 attachments

Retro = Stealing

... which is revived or kept alive is a de facto classic. Monticello, for instance, is old, and has long been available from Linotype, ...

Forum topic - rob_luciani - 2 Oct 2006 - 5:47pm - 80 comments - 3 attachments

What's your desk, studio etc look like?

... interested in precedents, you might like to look at Oxford/Monticello and ATF Clearface (the original metal, not the later ITC ...

Forum topic - vincent_connare - 26 Aug 2003 - 10:29am - 76 comments - 0 attachments

The story of Monticello

Chuck Creesy has an article "Monticello: The History of a Typeface" in Printing History 49 (Volume 25, ... P. J. Conkwright's collaboration of bringing out Linotype Monticello, and the latest revival by Matthew Carter. Thanks - this ... My Monticello article is now My Monticello article is now available online ...

Forum topic - charles_e - 6 Mar 2007 - 6:06pm - 10 comments - 0 attachments

Your opinions on Century

... They let Matthew Carter use those drawings for his digital Monticello. Admittedly, that is a Linotype digital font, and he is Matthew ... and I respect his position. The work that Matthew did on Monticello was done with the full blessings of Linotype (and they co-own the ...

Forum topic - BrooklynRob - 26 May 2007 - 7:50am - 85 comments - 0 attachments