

Digital
Type Design Guide
The Page
Designers Guide
to Working With Type
by
Sean
Cavanaugh
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here for more info
Anyone even
remotely interested in type and design needs this book. The CD alone
is worth the cover price.
JOHN
C. DVORAK
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C|Net TV host |
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ATF Antique was first
released by the Barnhardth Bros. & Spindler type foundry in 1842.
It was designed for sign cutting, and saw much use throughout the
latter 19th century. Its popularity led to its re- introduction by
ATF in 1905 under the name Antique 1. It is the precursor to the
typefaces Bookman and Rockwell.
Consider
using ATF Antique in headlines, callouts and captions. Oh, and take
a look at its ampersand...

For more typefaces
like this, check out the book Digital
Type Design Guide:
The Page Designers Guide to Working with Type by Sean
Cavanaugh (published by Hayden Books, ISBN 1-56830-190-1).
The
book is bundled with a hybrid CD containing 220 typefaces in Type 1
and TrueType formats for Mac OS and Windows. Digital
Type Design Guide is available from the FontSite Bookstore at
20% off the cover price, as well as from finer bookstores worldwide.
French and German translations are also available.
You
can contact the author via e-mail by sending a message to seanc@fontsite.com,
or visit the award-winning FontSite
for more free fonts and articles on digital typography and graphic design. |