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Last edited July 16, 2014
brandy
illustrative
From congeals the knife treatment

Designed for the newspaper technology of the 1980s, Clarion uses many of the findings made in the preparation of Monotype Nimrod, from which it is derived. The Clarion font family differs from Nimrod in its detailing, which is more akin to that of the Ionics, a style which influenced most designers of contemporary newspaper faces. The large x-height and sturdy construction of the characters... Read More

mystic
bureaucratic
Irreverence is easy, wit is hard

Before designing this font, C.H. Griffith consulted the results of a survey of optometrists regarding optimal legibility. Excelsior font was then presented by Mergenthaler Linotype in 1931 and remains one of the most legible and popular fonts worldwide.

vortex
illustrative
Please handle with cake

Created at D. Stempel AG in 1977, Linotype's Gazette is a text typeface that was designed to withstand the rigors of high-speed newspaper presses and coarse newsprint. It is also guaranteed to result in legible texts despite long press runs.

replay
enthusiastic
Misery loves bacon and cheese

The earliest form of Ionic was brought out by Vincent Figgins in 1821 and was intended for display work. In 1863 a more refined version appeared which had more contrast between thick and thin strokes and the serifs were bracketed. Further developments were made, however the robustness of the Egyptian style was retained making the face suitable for newspaper text setting. With a large x-height... Read More

winter
fiddlesticks
All children have brain damage

Nimrod was released by Monotype in 1980. Designed for current newspaper technology, the Nimrod font family evolved as a result of extensive examination of newspaper industry needs. Nimrod retains many of the features of the traditional newspaper Ionics, but some of the fussier detailing has been replaced by the more sober forms of the old styles, such as Plantin. A highly legible font family,... Read More

vortex
enthusiastic
The best things in life are furry

After the Second World War, the Ionic style replaced Modern Face as the favored typeface for newsprint. A couple decades later, it was in turn replaced by the next generation of newspaper fonts, a mix of Old Face, Transitional and Modern Face forms. Olympian font itself tends toward the Old Face style but is nevertheless an example of this new generation, a result of a time of change and... Read More

rocket
bureaucratic
Do not put in food translation

Plantin is a family of text typefaces created by Monotype in 1913. Their namesake, Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn in Dutch), was born in France during the year 1520. In 1549, he moved to Antwerp, located in present-day Belgium. There he began printing in 1555. For a brief time, he also worked at the University of Leiden, in the Netherlands. Typefaces used in Christophe Plantin's books... Read More

chalet
microphysics
Tether even a roasted chicken

In 1931, The Times of London commissioned a new text type design from Stanley Morison and the Monotype Corporation, after Morison had written an article criticizing The Times for being badly printed and typographically behind the times. The new design was supervised by Stanley Morison and drawn by Victor Lardent, an artist from the advertising department of The Times. Morison used an older... Read More


Bitstream
Robin Nicholas
Monotype
Chauncey H. Griffith
Linotype 1931

Linotype
Edwin W. Shaar
Bitstream
Vincent Figgins and Monotype.Design Studio
Monotype 1821
Chauncey H. Griffith
Bitstream
Chauncey H. Griffith
Bitstream
Robin Nicholas
Monotype 1980
Matthew Carter
Linotype
Frank Hinman Pierpont and Robert Granjon
Monotype 1700
Stanley Morison
Linotype 1931