An old favorite: Goudy's exuberant Italian Old Style gets the digital treatment

Article Abstract:

Frederick W. Goudy's Italian Old Style typeface exhibits an amount of fun in the design of letters while retaining a vigor and liveliness. It was created from a type design of Erhardt Ratdolt, a distinguished Venetian printer of the Renaissance who was the first to use a type specimen sheet and a distinct title page. The capital letters are large, as was common in early types, and the shapes of letters change when moving from 8- and 10-point sizes to 12 and 14 points and again to 18 points. The best versions of Italian Old Style now available digitally are a rendition by Judy Sutcliffe from The Electric Typographer and one from Giampa Textware; Monotype sells a typeface called Italian Old Style, but it is not Goudy's face and is much like what others call Italia. Conservative use of such a lively typeface could brighten almost any document.

Publishing industry, Printing industry, Typesetting, column, Character Sets, Character sets (Computing), Character Graphics

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A full toolbox: Garamond expertise in great refinement from Adobe

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Adobe Systems Inc offers the $185 Expert Collection, a full toolbox of typographic supplements necessary to address virtually any publication problem. Adobe Garamond could act as the foundation of a user's type library. A second disk of printer and screen fonts is sold separately. Some of the packages options include: tilting capitals, featuring a set of capital letters designed for display work at sizes greater than 18 points; a separate font of small caps, which provides more options for intricate typographic tasks such as charts, maps and schedules; and swash italic capitals, which lend elegance, visual interest, and sometimes humor to documents. Many of the Expert Collection's character sets are rarely used, but appreciated, obscurities.

Adobe Systems Inc., ADBE, Evaluation, Adobe Garamond (Computer font), Expert Collection (Computer font)

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Special case: decorative faces for dressing up your desktop

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As desktop publishing has grown, major type foundries have concentrated on developing the faces and standards that are most widely used. But some new foundries are producing exotic and decorative fonts for special uses. Casady & Greene's Fluent Laser Fonts replicate many unusual fonts that are suitable for specialized uses. These exotic fonts rarely mix well. One group of fonts draws its inspiration from calligraphy. The flourishes of script faces are suitable for wedding invitations and other special purposes. Historic and art deco faces have their place, often in advertisements, handbills and logos.

Usage, Software Packages, Applications, Guidelines, Printouts, Casady and Greene Inc., Fluent Laser Fonts (Computer font)

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