Alexa (typeface)

Infobox font


name = Alexa
style = Script
date = 1995
creator = John Benson
foundry = Adobe Systems
sample = |

Alexa is a typeface. It was designed for Adobe Systems in 1995. It was designed by John Benson, a famous United States carver of inscriptions, including those at the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery. Benson modeled the friendly, casual script after his own handwriting and named it after his niece. Although based on the "cancelleresca" style of 16th-century Italian writing masters, Alexa has no swash terminals or ligatures. The absence of these features and its pronounced slope give this typeface a distinctly modern look for lively lines and pages. One can use Alexa at both text and display sizes.

External links

* [http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/P/P_1444.html Alexa Std] from adobe.com