The designer Sigrid Engelmann created the font ITC Golden Type® together with Helga Jörgenson and Andrew Newton in 1989. ITC Golden Type is a revival of a font of British designer William Morris. Based on the roman designs of Nicholas Jenson, Golden Type was so named because it was first used to print The Golden Legend in 1892. Hint: this typeface should not be used in small point sizes or with tight letterspacing.
ITC Golden Type contains five weights: ITC Golden Type original, ITC Golden [...]
German designer Helga Jörgenson created the font ITC Golden Type® in 1989 together with Sigrid Engelmann and Andrew Newton. ITC Golden Type is a revival of a font of British designer William Morris. Based on the roman designs of Nicholas Jenson, Golden Type was so named because it was first used to print The Golden Legend in 1892. Hint: this typeface should not be used in small point sizes or with tight letterspacing.
In 1995 Helga Jörgenson created ITC Dinitials™. "When I started drawing the [...]
The designer Andrew Newton created the font ITC Golden Type® together with Sigrid Engelmann and Helga Jörgenson in 1989. ITC Golden Type is a revival of a font of British designer William Morris. Based on the roman designs of Nicholas Jenson, Golden Type was so named because it was first used to print The Golden Legend in 1892. Hint: this typeface should not be used in small point sizes or with tight letterspacing.
ITC Golden Type contains five weights: ITC Golden Type original, ITC Golden [...]
William Morris – born 24. 3. 1834 in Walthamston, England, died 3. 10. 1896 in Hammersmith, England – painter, designer, printer, publisher, author, typographer, type designer.
1853–55: studies at Exeter College, Oxford. 1856: works at G. E. Street´s architect´s office in Oxford. Starts painting. 1859: Monks, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. is founded. The company designs and manufactures jewelry, stained glass windows, wallpaper and complete interiors. 1862: the company´s products are exhibited at [...]
ITC Golden Type® is a revival of a typeface designed in the late nineteenth century by William Morris, who was a great Victorian designer, poet, artist, craftsman, social reformer, and printer. In his search for a solid and pure letterform to use in his private press editions, he was inspired by the roman types in books printed by Nicolas Jenson in the fifteenth century. The type he designed, called Golden Type, is much heavier than Jenson's roman. It suited Morris' need and desire for robust forms that stood up well to the magnificent illustrations and borders in his Kelmscott Press Editions. The type was punchcut by Edward Prince, and the name comes from the first book Morris printed with it, the medieval manual called "The Golden Legend." In the 1980s, three production designers at URW in Germany took on a labor of love to digitize the Golden Type, and to develop it into a serviceable typeface for the current era. ITC Golden Type was released in 1989 with original, bold, and black weights, small caps, and additional characters. Best used in larger point sizes and with generous spacing, ITC Golden Type evokes all the solidity and vibrancy that Morris intended.
ITC Golden Type is a trademark of International Typeface Corporation registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and which may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.
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