Willow (typeface)

Willow is a name shared by two typefaces.

ITC Willow

Infobox font
name = ITC Willow


style = Decorative
date = 1990
creator = Tony Forster
foundry = ITC
sample =

ITC Willow was designed by Tony Forster in 1990. Although a contemporary typeface, Willow is the reminiscent of the Scottish Arts and Crafts style made popular by painter and social reformer Jessie Marion King (1875–1949), and architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928) of the Glasgow School. The face is based upon a sign for the Willow Tea Room, one of three tea rooms in Glasgow designed by Mackintosh. The typeface is distinct for the double crossbars on the uppercase A, and H, and the unusual design of the uppercase O, which raised above the baseline, with two dots centered beneath the bowl.

Willow Regular

Infobox font
name = Willow Regular


style = Display
date = 1990
creator = Joy Redick
foundry = Adobe Type
sample =

Willow Regular was designed by Joy Redick in 1990, and is part of the Adobe Originals Woodtype Collection.

See also: Samples of display typefaces

External links

* [http://www.willowtearooms.co.uk/ The Willow Tea Room with photo of the sign the typeface is based upon]
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