Upper case: curled tail on the capital R and reflexive curled tail on the capital Q. Ball terminal on hook of f, ear of g, and tail of j. Lower case: curl ending in a ball terminal on top of letter c. Century Schoolbook had not yet been released at this time. Beginning as foundry type, Century has withstood a series of technical transformations into Linotype, Monotype, Ludlow, phototype, transfer type, digital type, and Xerox-like 'toner type'.' Distinctive characteristics Century types from the ATF specimen book, 1912. According to Charles Shaw, 'The rugged simplicity of the Century family of types has made it an enduring favorite of American typographers for almost one hundred years. The Supreme Court of the United States requires that briefs be typeset in Century family type. With ATF no longer operating, a wide variety of variants and revivals with varying features and quality are available.ĭespite originating in the nineteenth century, use of the typeface remains strong for periodicals, textbooks, and literature. However, compared to many earlier typefaces in the genre, stroke contrast is quite low, creating a less sharp and highly readable structure. Its design emphasizes crispness and elegance, with strokes ending in fine tapers, ball terminals and crisp, finely pointed serifs. ContentsĬentury is based on the 'Scotch' genre, a style of type of British origin which had been popular in the United States from the early nineteenth century and is part of the 'Didone' genre of type popular through the entire nineteenth century.

ATF rapidly expanded it into a very large family, first by Linn Boyd and later by his son Morris. The family originates from a first design, Century Roman cut by American Type Founders designer Linn Boyd Benton in 1894 for master printer Theodore Low De Vinne, for use in The Century Magazine. CenturyĬentury Expanded, Century Schoolbook, Century Old Style, Century CatalogueĬentury is a family of serif type faces particularly intended for body text.

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