- Century Schoolbook
Infobox font
name = Century Schoolbook
style =Serif
date =1919
creator =Morris Fuller Benton
foundry =American Type Founders
foundries =Scangraphic ,DTP Types ,Elsner+Flake ,URW ,Bitstream ,Monotype ,Ascender Corporation Century Schoolbook is a modern or
didone classificationserif typeface designed byMorris Fuller Benton in 1919 for theAmerican Type Founders (ATF). It is classified as old style, but the Schoolbook variation has elements similar to theDidone classification. Century Schoolbook is based on the earlier Century Expanded typefaces begun byLinn Boyd Benton (Morris Fuller Benton's father) as a text and display face for "The Century Magazine " in 1890.Century Schoolbook is familiar to many in North America as being the typeface many first learned to read with. Morris Fuller Benton utilized research that showed young readers more quickly identified letterforms with contrasting weight, but with the lighter strokes maintaining presence. Tests also showed the importance of maintaining counter-form (the white space around the black letterform) in recognizing the face at smaller sizes. In designing Century Schoolbook, Morris Fuller Benton increased the
x-height , the stroke width, and overallletterspacing . The original ATF Century Schoolbook was designed withoutitalic s. Later revivals byLinotype and theInternational Typeface Corporation (ITC) added italics. Use of the typeface remains strong, for periodicals, textbooks, and literature. An infant variety also exists, which features single-story versions of the letters A and G. Although this version is not for sale to the general public, it can be seen in the "Spot" books byEric Hill .New Century Schoolbook
It is a version developed by Linotype on 1979-81 in the New York Lettering office of Merganthaler Linotype, designed by
Matthew Carter . [ [http://typophile.com/node/13574 Century Schoolbook | ITC Century | New Century Schoolbook] ] The family includes separate fonts for Central European, Cyrillic, Greek, fractions.New Century Schoolbook Roman, Italic, Bold, and Bold Italic are included as part of PostScript core font set.
choolBook
It began as the "Shkolnaya" (School) font originally designed in 1939 by group of designers directed by Evgeny Chernevsky, based on Century Schoolbook. However, the design was completed only in 1949–61 at
Polygraphmash type design bureau, by a design group headed by Elena Tsaregorodsteva, the leading member of the 1939 Chernevsky team. [ [http://typophile.com/node/12177 Typography During WWII] ]The SchoolBook family includes 6 fonts in 2 weights and 2 widths each, but no italics on condensed fonts. It supports Central European, Cyrillic characters.
Variants
Grad is a variant based on the original ATF Century Schoolbook. [ [http://www.marksimonson.com/article/102/IntroducingGrad Introducing Grad] ]
ee also
* category
*List of typefaces References
*Meggs, Philip and Rob Carter. "Typographic Specimens: The Great Typefaces." Van Nostrand Reinhold: 1993. ISBN 0-442-00758-2
*Meggs, Philip B. and Roy McKelvey. "Revival of the Fittest." RC Publications, Inc.: 2000. ISBN 1-883915-08-2External links
* [http://typophile.com/node/13820 Typophile: Century]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/family.aspx?FID=53 Microsoft Typography page]
* [http://www.linotype.com/en/1273/newcenturyschoolbook-family.html New Century Schoolbook Font Family - by Linotype Design Studio]
* [http://www.paratype.com/pstore/default.asp?fcode=PT_SCB ParaType: Schoolbook]
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