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Will Carter – born 24. 9. 1912 in Slough near London, England, died 17. 3. 2001 – type designer, printer.
1930–32: trains at the Unwin Brothers printing works in Woking. 1938: works at the Paul Koch workshop in Frankfurt am Main; becomes friends with Hermann Zapf. 1948: studies punch cutting with David Kindersley. 1949: founds the Rampant Lions Press in Cambridge.
Fonts: Klang™ (1955), Dartmouth (1961), Octavian™ (with D. Kindersley, 1962).
* TYPOGRAPHY – An Encyclopedic Survey of Type [...]
David Kindersley (born 11. 6. 1915 in Codicote, died 2. 2. 1995 in Cambridge) and Will Carter designed the font Octavian™ in 1962. Mr. Carter writes: "While the ultimate authority is the ancient inscriptional pattern, the physical characteristics of the present rendering are manifest in the economic proportions of the shapes and the modified relations of the strokes. Thus, the letters are narrower than the classical forms and their weight heavier.” Octavian is a fine book face and works well [...]
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About Octavian™ by Adobe Font Family ...
Designer: Will Carter / David Kindersley, 1962
The Octavian™ by Adobe Font Family is part of the Monotype Originals.
Octavian font was designed by Will Carter and David Kindersley for the Monotype Corporation in 1961. Mr. Carter writes: "While the ultimate authority is the ancient inscriptional pattern, the physical characteristics of the present rendering are manifest in the economic proportions of the shapes and the modified relations of the strokes. Thus, the letters are narrower than the classical forms and their weight heavier."
Octavian is a fine book font and works well for other text settings that are less demanding, such as magazines and brochures.
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