Corona (typeface)

Corona

Category	Serif
Classification	Transitional, Slab Serif
Designer(s)	Chauncey H. Griffith
Foundry	Mergenthaler Linotype Company
Date released	1941
Design based on	Ionic No. 5

Corona is a serif typeface, designed by Chauncey H. Griffith, and presented by Mergenthaler Linotype in 1941. It is one of five typefaces in Griffith's 'Legibility Group' which contains typefaces especially well-suited to newsprint. Corona is based on forms of the Ionic type and designed to meet the rigorous requirements of high-speed printing. The font is relatively small, but its narrow widths and large x-height gives an impression of strength and modernity, thus making it a typeface ideal for datasheets and newsletters.

The News 705 typeface by Bitstream team is almost identical to Corona.

References

• Consuegra, David. American Type Design & Designers. Allworth Communications, Inc.: 2004. ISBN 1581153201, 9781581153200
• Macmillan, Neil. An A-Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press.: 2006. ISBN 0300111517, 9780300111514
• Hutt, Allen. Changing Newspaper: Typographic Trends in Britain and America 1622–1972. Gordon Fraser.: 1973. ISBN 0900406224, 9780900406225

External links

• Corona Font Family - by Chauncey H. Griffith
• Font Designer - Chauncey H. Griffith