Century™ Expanded Schriftfamilie

Century™ Expanded Roman (Linotype Originals) Details ... In den Warenkorb legen Preis ab: 26,00 US$

Century™ Expanded Italic (Linotype Originals) Details ... In den Warenkorb legen Preis ab: 26,00 US$

Century™ Expanded Complete Family Value Pack (Linotype Originals) Details ... In den Warenkorb legen Preis ab: 49,00 US$

John Baskerville – born 28. 1. 1706 in Wolverley, Worcestershire, England, died 8. 1. 1775 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England – type designer, writing master, printer. 1725: moves to Birmingham. 1733–37: writing master in Birmingham. 1750: sets up his own type foundry and printing works. 1757: his first printed book is published, an edition of Virgil. 1758: publishes an edition of John Milton’s "Paradise Lost". 1758: appointed printer to the University of Cambridge. Here he produces [...]

Morris Fuller Benton – born 30. 11. 1872 in Milwaukee, USA, died 30. 6. 1948 in Morristown, USA – engineer, type designer. After training as a mechanic and engineer, Benton jointed the ATF, where he became type designer and in-house designer with ATF. Fonts: Benton developed over 200 alphabets, all of which were published by ATF, including Century roman (with Theodor Low de Vinne, 1885), Mariage (1901), Alternate Gothic (1903), Franklin Gothic (1903–12), Cheltenham® (1904), Clearface® [...]

1894 schuf Linn Boyd Benton im Auftrag der amerikanischen Zeitschrift "Century Magazine" eine neue Textschrift. Das Design dieser Zeitungsschrift entspricht der damaligen Neorenaissance-Bewegung in der Typografie. Morris Fuller Benton zeichnete davon verschiedene Versionen für die Schriftgießerei American Typefounders. Daraufhin nahmen Setzmaschinenfirmen Linotype, Intertype und Monotype die Schrift in ihr Produktionsprogramm auf.