Subject Index

Acrophony, 24

Age of Enlightenment, 104

Alcuin, 66, 116

Aldine, 10

Ampersand, 102-3

Anglo-Saxon, 56

Anglo-Saxon national hand, 66

Arabic, 104

Asia, 104

Assyrian, 34

Babylonian, 34
Baskerville, John, 11, 17
Benguiat, Ed, 32
Bibles, 65, 66
Bodoni, Giambattista, 11
Book work, 105
Books, letters for, 65-66
Boustrophedonic style, 22

Capital letters, 9,16-63
Capitals

rustic (simple), 64
square, 64
Caroline minuscule, 17, 66,102,
116

Carter, Matthew, 17
Caslon, William, 12
Caslon, William IV, 12
Censor, Appius Claudius, 30
Cerastes, 56
Chalcidian, 60
Charlemagne, 17, 66, 102
Christianity, 65, 66
Clarendon, 11-12
Clarendon/legibility, 12
Classification, 10-13
Cleopatra, 38
Colon, 119

Colonna, Francesco, 102
Comma, 118

Design

of lowercase letters, 66-67
of numerals, 105
punctuation, 116

Dexter, Timothy, 116
Didone, 11
Dutch, 10

Egyptian, 16, 20, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34,
38, 40,42,44,46, 50, 52, 56
Em space, 43
En space, 43

English, 11, 12, 28,46,48, 56, 60,
66,116

Etruscan, 16, 18, 25, 28, 30, 32, 36,
46, 48, 54, 56, 60, 80
Europe, 10,48, 66, 104
Exclamation point, 121

Fitted numerals, 105
French, 10, 56, 104

Garamond, Claude, 17, 104, 105

Geometric, 13

German, 10, 28, 52

Gill, Eric, 102

Glyphic, 12

Goudy, Frederick, 17, 51, 102
Graphic, 13

Greek, 16, 18, 20,22, 24, 25, 26, 28,
30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44,
48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 60, 62, 80,
104, 116
Griffo, 17
Grotesque, 12-13
Gutenberg, Johann, 17, 66, 104

Half-uncials, 65, 66
Hands, 64
national, 66
Holy Roman Empire, 17, 66, 116
Humanistic, 13

India, 104
Indo-European, 48
Interrobang, 116
Ionic, 60

Irish national hand, 66
Italy, 16, 18, 60

Jensen, 17
Jerome, Saint, 65
Jobbing work, 105

Kipling, Rudyard, 19,44

Latin, 26, 28, 30, 32, 56, 62, 65, 66,
102, 116

Letters

for books, 65-66
capital, 9, 16-63
lowercase, 9, 64-101
Lining numerals, 104—5
Lowercase letters, 9, 64-101

Manutius, Aldus, 10, 102,116
Mediterranean, 16
Middle East, 104
Modern, 11, 105
Monospaced numerals, 105

National hands, 66
Neo-Clarendon, 12
Neo-grotesque, 13
Netherlands, 10
Nineteenth Century, 12
Numerals, 9,104-15

Old style, 10-11, 105
Osean, 60

Patrick, Saint, 66
Pepin, 66
Period, 117

Phoenician, 9, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24,
26, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 40,42,
44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 60,
80

Pompeian, 102
Proportional numerals, 105
Ptolemy, 38
Punctuation, 9,116-23

Question mark, 122
Quotation marks, 123

Ranging, 104-5
Renaissance, 17, 116
Revival, 10-11

Roman, 9, 16-17, 18, 20, 22, 25,
28, 30, 32, 36, 40,42, 43,44,
45, 46,47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56,
60,62, 64,65, 66, 80, 102,
104, 116
Roman cursive, 64-65
Rosetta Stone, 38, 50
Rustic capitals, 64

Sans serif, 12-13

Scotland, 66

Scripts, 13

Semicolon, 120

Semitic, 30, 32, 36,44, 54, 62

Simple capitals, 64

Slab serif, 12

Slimbach, Robert, 102

Spaces, 43

Square, 13

Square capitals, 64

Sumerian, 32, 34, 46

Syrian, 30

Tabular numerals, 105

Thin space, 43

Tiro, Marcus, 102

Trajan, 38, 51, 57, 62

Transitional, 11

Twentieth Century, 11

Typographic terminology, 14-15

Umbrian, 60
Uncials, 65

Venetian, 10
Vulgate Bible, 66

Writing styles, easier, 64-65

Zapf, Hermann, 17, 59, 98

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Index to Typefaces

The name of each typeface that
illustrates this book is followed by
the name of its foundry or original
source, which is enclosed in
parentheses.

Aachen® (Letraset), 12

Bold, 18, 45, 63, 68, 97, 123
AG Book Rounded® (H. Berthold
AG), 57, 77
Bold, 70, 83,90, 106, 121
AG Old Face® (H. Berthold AG)
Shaded, 18, 30,74
Akzidenz Grotesk, 13
Albertus® (Monotype), 12, 27, 45,
53, 57, 63,71,81,92, 103,
123
Italic, 47
Light, 39
Alternate Gothic, 13
ITC American Typewriter® (ITC),
102

Medium, 103,107
Americana® (Kingsley/ATF), 67, 94
Extra Bold, 80, 110
ITC Anna™ (ITC), 29, 33, 34, 41,
49, 52, 58,112,115,116
Antique Olive® (M. Olive), 13, 67
Arcadia™ (Linotype-Hell AG), 31,
32, 39, 55, 62, 68, 73, 81, 90,
111, 117

Ariadne™ (Linotype-Hell AG), 22,
32,42, 57, 63, 118, 123
Arnold Böcklin™ (Linotype-Hell
AG), 20, 40, 53, 71, 85
Auriol™ (Linotype-Hell AG), 98
ITC Avant Garde Gothic® (ITC),
13, 26,31,45, 55, 68, 118
Bold, 45, 47, 121
Book, 38,42,44, 80
Extra Light, 49, 74, 78, 85, 113
Extra Light Oblique, 88, 97
Avenir™ (Linotype-Hell AG)

45 Book, 26, 48, 50
35 Light, 54
95 Black, 84, 118, 122

Bank Gothic™ (Kingsley/ATF)
Light, 20, 39,45, 62, 114
Medium, 30, 33, 55, 103, 119
ITC Barcelona® (ITC), 51
Barmeno® (H. Berthold AG), 96
Bold, 23

Extra Bold, 29, 73
Extra Bold Italic, 91,119
Medium, 41
Baskerville (Bitstream), 11, 23, 30,
33, 43, 45, 49, 58, 63, 80,
108, 118, 122
Italic, 82, 103
ITC New Baskerville® (ITC), 116
Bauer Bodoni® (Neufville S.A.),
11,20,31,39,44,51,73, 77,
99, 110, 123
Italic, 93
Bauer Text, 10
ITC Bauhaus® (ITC), 13
ITC Beesknees™ (ITC), 27, 41, 45,
57, 111, 115
Bellevue® (H. Berthold AG), 30,

36, 47, 52, 85, 109, 112
Belwe™ (Letraset), 21, 90
Bembo® (Monotype), 10, 28, 41,

45, 51, 58, 59, 75, 88
Italic, 76, 91

ITC Benguiat® (ITC), 11, 21, 33,

37, 57, 63, 70, 83, 98
Bold, 27, 75, 108

Book, 37, 47, 49, 53, 79, 93
ITC Benguiat Gothic® (ITC), 13
ITC Berkeley Oldstyle® (ITC), 19,
25, 37, 57, 90, 103
Berling™ (Elsner+Flake), 38, 51,

83,94, 114
Bernhard Gothic™ (Spiece
Graphics), 13
Extra Light, 111
Bernhard Modern™

(Kingsley/ATF), 23, 84, 109
Blackoak™ (Adobe Systems), 29,
49, 94

Bodega Sans® (Font Bureau), 44,

46, 51,63,75, 93, 97

Black, 20, 81, 86
Bodega Sans® Oldstyle (Font
Bureau), 83
Bodega Serif® (Font Bureau), 96
Medium, 52
Bodoni (Adobe Systems), 11,19,
31,45,47, 55, 70,74, 88, 118
Italic, 80

Bodoni Open (Font Bank), 90, 121
Bodoni Poster (Adobe Systems),
57, 114
Italic, 87, 120
Bodoni Poster Compressed

(Adobe Systems), 30,49, 96,
111

Bookman, 12

ITC Bookman® (ITC), 12, 27, 55,
102

Demi, 33,35, 52, 110
Light, 49
Bovine Poster™ (Mark van

Bronkhorst), 29, 41, 117
Britannic, 13

Broadway™ (Kingsley/ATF), 35,
45, 53, 61, 72, 79, 95, 98,
107, 113, 115, 118
Broadway Engraved™

(Kingsley/ATF), 38, 43, 55,
83, 92, 106
Brush Script (Adobe Systems), 45,
121

Bulmer, 70

Letraset Burlington™ (Letraset),
39, 54, 69,76, 83, 95, 112
ITC Busorama® (ITC), 61

Caledonia, 11

New Caledonia™ (Linotype-Hell
AG)

Italic, 82,102
Calligraphic 810 (Bitstream), 42,
47, 50, 54, 79, 86, 95
Cancelleresca Bastarda, 102
Cartier, 49
Caslon, 10, 19, 27, 55
Caslon 3 (Adobe Systems), 35

Caslon 540 (Adobe Systems), 19,

35, 57
Italie, 100, 103

Adobe Caslon™ (Adobe Systems),
48, 58, 110
Bold Italie Swash, 39
Italie, 71, 99

Italie Swash, 29, 35, 36, 54, 58,
60

Caslon Open Face (Adobe

Systems), 24,41, 44, 59, 70,
85, 93,95, 108, 110, 115
Castellar™ (Monotype), 32, 47,

122

Caxton™ (Letraset), 57
Centaur, 10

ITC Century® (ITC), 12, 47, 57, 80
Italic, 98
Century Old Style (Adobe
Systems), 31, 55, 90
Bold, 81
Century Schoolbook, 12
New Century Schoolbook™

(Linotype-Hell AG), 43, 49
Charlemagne™ (Adobe Systems),
19, 22, 33, 34, 38,48
Cheltenham, 12

ITC Cheltenham® (ITC), 12, 79
Letraset Citation™ (Letraset), 32,
39, 55,61, 113, 117
Berthold City® (H. Berthold AG),
37

Bold, 49, 94, 110, 120
Medium, 54,61,73, 93,113,

115

Clarendon™ (Linotype-Hell AG),

31,51,83,91,94, 108, 111
Bold, 27, 34, 122
Bold Italic, 43
Clarion, 12

ITC Clearface® (ITC), 19,41, 57,
85,91, 109, 121
Clearface Gothic, 13
Cloister (Agfa Compugraphic), 10,

36, 63,71
Italic, 110

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