Just My Type
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Imperial Long Spike 177
inks, oil-based 37
Insignia 264
InterCity 165
International Typeface Design Competition (1973) 170
Interrobang 267–8
iPad 110, 110, 322
iPhone 39, 176, 218
iPods 12, 13
Iridium 176
italic type 86
ITC (International Typeface Corporation) 44, 99, 168, 169, 245n, 289, 301
ITC 540
Caslon Italic 99
ITC Bauhaus 146, 146
ITC Benguiat 72
ITC Black Tulip 33
ITC Brioso Pro Italic Display 33
ITC Cheltenham 176
ITC Conduit 245n
ITC Galliard 74
ITC Officina Sans 183
ITC Officina Serif 183
Jannon, Jean 283
Janson 258
Jaspert, W Pincus 173, 174
Javl, Dr Louis Emile 58
Jazz Let 223
Jefferson, Thomas 198, 199
Jenson 84, 85, 90, 175, 175
Jenson, Nicholas 85, 90, 98, 281
Jesus Loves You 328, 329
Jimbo 278
Joanna 50, 243
Jobs, Steve 11–12, 319
John Bull Printing Outfit 162–4, 163, 322
Johnson, AF 173
Johnston (Johnston Sans; Underground) 114–15, 115, 117–24, 119, 121, 123, 135, 153, 215
Johnston, Edward 43, 44, 92, 114–15, 116, 117–24, 151, 190, 201
Johnston Light 122
Jones, Elvin 228
Jubilee 50
Juniper 308
Kabel 117, 290, 308
Kelmscott Press 90, 246
kerning 57, 323
‘Kerning, Max’ 323, 325
Keystone foundry, Philadelphia 225
Kiddo Caps 182
Kimball, Ingalls 200
Kindersley, David 155–6, 157, 158
Kinneir, Jock 148, 150–56, 157, 158–9
Kismet 308
Klingspor Foundry 290
Koch, Rudolf 117, 290, 308
Kono, Eiichi 122–4
Kranke, K 275
Krimhilde 174
Kumlien 173
Kumlien, Akke 173
LA Confidential (film) 73
Labour Party 214–15, 217, 218
Lange, Günter Gerhard 162, 186
Le Griffe 170
Le Monde Livre 231
Le Monde Sans 231
Learman, Simon 137–9
Lefèvre, Raoul: Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye 87
Legros, Lucien Alphonse 124
Leibovitz, Annie 281
Lennon, John 273, 280, 281
Letragraphica 169
Letraset 13, 165, 166, 167–70, 168, 172, 264, 273, 282, 289, 302, 306
Letraset Baskerville Italic 328
Lexmark 313–15
Liberal Democrats 218
Libra 308
Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph 102, 103–5
Lichtenstein, Roy 21, 22, 26
Licko, Zuzana 60–61, 61, 62, 111, 112
ligature 45, 46–7
Lineale form 44
Linotype 200, 200, 221, 239–41, 240, 245n
Linotype Baskerville 249
Linotype foundry 253
Literary and Typographical Society 108
Lombriz 290
London 12–13
London 2012 Olympic Logo 311
London Transport 122, 124, 127
London Underground 43, 92, 114–15, 115, 117, 118, 120–21, 121, 127, 151
Los Angeles 12
lower case 31, 31
Lubalin, Herb 169
Lucida 28, 219, 319
Lucida Bright 190
Lumitype 140, 142
Lutetia 243
Luther, Martin 190
McCain, John 214
McCann Erickson 137
MacCarthy, Fiona 48, 50
McCartney, Linda 272
McCartney, Paul 269–70, 272–3, 274
changes fashion after trip to Butlins 270
McDowell, Al 263
Macintosh computers 12
Macromedia Fontographer 22
Madison 176
Magnificat 170
Manutius, Aldus 85, 86, 96, 97, 256
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili 96
Marathon 308
Mardersteig, Dr Giovanni 244
Martin, Steve 72
Martini at Joe’s 325
Marvel comics 21
Mason, JH 258
Mason font family 256
Masquerade 169
matrices 36, 75, 93, 105, 236, 237, 238, 239
mean line 45
meatballs (Swedish), comparison with Futura letterforms 81
mechanical typesetting 239–46, 240
Melior 233
Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Brooklyn 76–7, 134, 136n
Meta 182, 187, 187, 297
Meynell, Gerard 118
Microsoft 13, 18, 20, 74, 75, 82, 220, 221, 229, 245n, 260, 329–31
ClearType 330
Excel 331
Movie Maker 23
Outlook 331
PowerPoint 331
Word 331
Word Wingdings 2 268
Microsoft Bob 19, 19, 22, 23
Middleton, Michael 218
Soldiers of Lead 215, 216, 217
Miedinger, Max 134, 220
Millbank 322
Miller 265
Miller, Frank, Janson, Klaus and Varley, Lynn: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 20–21, 22
minding ps and qs 31
Minion 297
Minogue, Kylie 276
Mistral 193, 305
‘Modern’ class of typefaces 205–6
Modesto 278
Mojo 278
Momart 237
Monastic 174
Monochrome: ‘Times New Romance’ 276
Monophoto 600 245
Monotype 200, 239, 240–46, 240
Monotype Caecillia 322
Monotype Corporation 63, 64, 221, 222, 227, 229, 241–2, 245, 253, 289, 290
Monotype Dante 244, 245, 248, 249
Monotype Fournier 176
Monotype Grotesque 216 151
Monotype Haarlemmer 248, 249
Monotype Imaging 229
Monotype Super Caster 242n
Monotype Times 249
Monster Droppings 182
Monticello 198
Montréal Métro 142
Monumental 239
Moore, Alan and Gibbon, Dave: Watchmen 20, 21
Morison, Stanley 19–20, 49, 117–18, 140, 242–3, 259–60, 266, 276
‘Mornington Crescent’ (BBC radio programme) 40
Morris, Jane 92
Morris, William 90
MOT Serif 156
Motter Femina 291
Mr Eaves 112, 113
Mrs Eaves 111, 112, 113, 297
‘Mrs Eaves’ (Gemma O’Brien) 113, 113
Müller, Lars 134
Munich Olympics (1972) 142, 142
MyFonts.com 99, 177–8
Naiv 291
Nash, Paul 69, 120
National Theatre, London 135
Nebulae 329
Neo-grotesque form 44, 47
Neue Haas Grotesk 134
Neufraktur 308
Neuland Inline 307–9, 307
New Baskerville bold 214
New Johnston 122–4, 123
New York 13
New York City Transit Authority 127
New York Subway 126–8, 127, 130, 134
New York Times 200, 201
Newman, Andrew 33
Niccoli, Niccolo 86n
Nice One Cyril 165
Nicholas Cochin 176
Nike 146
Nimbus Sans Bold 221
NOOD.less 182
Oates, JCT 87
Obama, Barack 15, 209, 210–12, 213, 219, 265
Octopus Shaded 165
; Officina 297
Old Dreadful No 7 182
Old English 223
OldStyle Chewed 182
Olympian 239
Ondina 275
Ondine 140
Ono, Yoko 281
OpenType 245n, 289
Optex 165
Optima 146, 169, 214, 233–4, 234
Orator 171
Oxford 198
P&O Orient 151
Pabst Extra Bold 54
Pacioli, Luca 87
Palatino 13, 14, 28, 73, 110, 169, 233, 245n, 268, 315
pantographic punchcutter 239
Papyrus 223, 305–9, 306
Paris Métro 125–6, 125, 126, 135, 142, 231
Parisine 126, 126, 135, 231
Parisine Office 231
Parker, Mike 136n
Parkinson 281
Parkinson, Jim 278–82, 281
Parkinson Condensed Bold 281
Parkinson Roman 281
Party Let 223
Peace 265
peanuts, dread of, 168
Pearson, David 247, 248–50, 284
Peignot 146
Peignot, Charles 224–5
Penguin 50, 50, 238, 252
Great Ideas series 247, 248, 249
Pentagram 316
Perpetua 50, 217, 243
Peters, Yves 232
Phantasmagoria Headless 177
picas 47
Pick, Frank 118
pilcrows 237
Pink Floyd 273
Pistilli, John 281
Pistilli Roman 281
pivotal caster 239
Plan Créatif 231, 232
Plantin 170
Plantin (printer) 99
Plantin-Moretus Foundry, Antwerp 259
Plastika 303
Playbill 223
Plexo 325
point size 47
Popaganda 266
Porchez, Jean François 126, 126, 230, 231, 232
Pouchée, Louis John 277
PowerStation 291
Premier Shaded 165
President 140
Prestige Pica 72 171
Prince, Edward 90, 94
Priori font family 256
Prisoner, The (cult TV show) 70
Profile 182
PSY/OPS Type Foundry 325–6
pull-down font menu 13, 28
Pulp 277
Pump 165
punchcutting 36, 45, 76, 77, 224
punches 36, 75, 93, 105, 108, 142, 237, 238, 239
Punk 278
Quadraat 182
Quick brown fox … 285–7, 286
Quink ink 163
Rail Alphabet 158
Rampant Lions Press 261
Ransom Note 309–10, 309
Rawsthorn, Alice 211, 311
Refracta 303
Regime 293
Reid, Jamie 263
Renaissance 239
Renner, Paul 117, 191–4, 195, 196, 255, 260, 288, 290
Reporter 305
Retablo 325, 327
Retina 26
Ribbonface Typewriter 239
Rich, Buddy 228
Richardson, Marion 160
Ridley, Arnold: weak bladder, 52
Riva 305
Road Research Laboratory 153
road signs 148–59
Rockwell 243
Rocky 293–4
Rodchenko, Alexander 263
Roissy (later Paris Charles de Gaulle) Airport 144–5, 145
Rolling Stone magazine 279–80, 280, 281
Rolling Stones 273, 281
Romano, Frank 300–301
Ronaldson, James 198, 199
Rookledge’s Classic International Type Finder 176
Roshell, John 273n
Rosmalen, Pietervan 273n
Rotis 297
Royal College of Art Readability of Print (later Graphic Information) Research Unit 59
Runnymede 239
Ryanair 53
Sabon 63, 251–3, 252
Sabon, Jacques 252–3
Sack, Freda 169
St Bride Printing Library 168, 173
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France 159
Saks 202
San Francisco 13
San Francisco BART 142
San Serriffe republic hoax 40, 41, 42, 46
sans serif type 42–4, 42, 49
legibility 59
and road signs 156, 157
Saphir 233
Saville, Peter 276–7
Scala 182
Scarfe, Gerald 273
Schaefer, KH 275
Schoeffer, Peter 38, 84
Schriftguss foundry 275
Schwabacher blackletter type 38, 174, 188, 190
Schwartz, Christian 266
Scotch Roman 198–9
Scrawlz 299
Segoe 229
Semplicita 303
serif type 42, 42
legibility 59
and road signs 156, 157
Serpentine 146
Sex Pistols 309, 310
SG Today Sans Serif SH Ultra 179
Shaw, Sue 235, 237–8, 246
Shell Film Unit 156
Shelley 314, 315
Shevell, Nancy 269
shoulder 46
Sigman, Aric 313–16
Simonson, Mark 72, 298
slab serif 44, 159, 293
Slim, Fatboy: hit used as accompaniment to writing on flesh 113
Smith, Jason 302
Smith, Robert E 304
Snell Roundhand 74, 176
Snell Roundhand Bold 72
Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) 101
Solus 50
Southern Software Inc 226n
Souvenir 297, 300–302, 300, 301, 319
Spector, Phil 21
spectroscopy 39
Spectrum 243
Speedball pen company 282
Speer, Albert 192
Spekter, Martin 267
Spencer, Herbert 154–5
Spiekermann, Erik 181–8, 185, 187, 192
Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works 203
Squarciafico, Hieronimo 86
Stack 165
Standard Medium see Akzidenz Grotesk
Starbabe HMK 279n
Starbucks 178–80
Starkins, Richard 273n
Starr, Ringo 271
Stempel of Frankfurt 134, 220, 233, 234, 253
stems 45
stem test 63, 63
Stencil 223
Stephenson Blake 238–9, 282
Stephenson Blake Caslon 238
Stokes, Eddie 272
Stoned 182
strike 75
Sumner, Coco 276
Sutherland, Graham 120
‘swash’ capitals 99
Swiss 221, 297
Szabo, Gyoergyi: lovelorn type-swallower 7
Tahoma 28, 74, 223
Tan Tzun Tat, Jackson 273n
Tankard, Jeremy 232
Tei, Towa: ‘German Bold Italic’ 276
Template Gothic 49
Tempus Sans ITC 178
Textualis 188
Textura 188
the world’s first font 37, 38
TheMix 328
TheSans 297, 328
TheSerif 328
Thesis family 328–9
Thomas, Isaiah: The History of Printing 198
Thorne Shaded 217
Thorowgood 208
Thorowgood, William 239
Tiger Rag 273n
Times, The: redesign by Neville Brody 265
Times, The: redesign by Stanley Morison 259–60
Times Bold 170
Times Classic 265
Times New Roman 12, 13, 14, 19–20, 23, 24, 60, 63, 110, 140, 197, 209, 217, 243, 259–60, 259, 261, 297, 299, 331
Times Regular 316
Tiro, Marcus 95
TM symbol 268
Toronto 12
Totally Gothic 62
Toxica 303
/> Tracy, Walter 122
Trajan 219, 295–6
Trajan Capitals 31
Trajan’s Column 43
Transport 148, 153, 155, 158
Trash Hand 178
Trebuchet 27
Trixie 182
Tschichold, Jan 155, 251–3, 252, 260, 264
Die Neue Typographie 253
Tungsten 219
Two Fisted Alt BB 177
Tyne and Wear Metro 159
Type Archive, Lambeth, south London 235, 236, 237–8, 245–6
type design: defined 76
Type Museum–see Type Archive
Type Trumps 323, 324
TypeDrawing 322–3, 323
typeface 39, 40
TypeTool 320
typewriters 170–72, 171
Typofonderie Porchez 230–31
typographic rulebooks 258–9
Typophane 167
Typophile forum 48, 179–80, 298
Umbra 303
Umbro 146
unbracketed serif 45
underscore 268
Unicala 174
Unity 146–7
Univers 44, 57, 72, 100, 122, 123, 125, 129, 131, 139–46, 141, 142, 146, 148, 152, 193, 202, 243, 244, 273, 288, 297, 308, 314
Universal 319
upper case 31, 31
URW typeface foundry 289
Utopia software 226n
VAG Rounded 143
van Krimpen, Jan 248, 249
VanderLans, Rudy 60, 61
Varsity 146
Veljovic 287
Vendôme 283–4, 284
Vendôme Bold C 284
Venetian typesetting 84–7, 84, 97
Venice 12
Verdana 15, 74, 75–6, 80, 81, 82, 110, 194, 260, 299, 315, 316, 322
Verdanagate 82
Verveine 178
Vignelli, Massimo 134–5
Vignelli Associates 127
Viner, John 273n
Virus foundry 293
Vitesse 219
Vivaldi 223
Volkswagen 196
Vox, Maximilien 44
Vox type classification 44
Walbaum 175, 175, 176, 206, 243
Walbaum, Justus Erich 206
Walker, Emery 92–3, 94
Walker, Vicki 30–32
Walt Disney World Resort, Florida 308
Warde, Beatrice 63–4, 65, 66–7, 68, 242–4, 260, 264
Waugh, Evelyn 115, 117
websites, typographic 336–7
wedge serif 45
weight 23, 62
Wenman, Anthony 169
Wenner, Jann 280
Westminster Press 118
WH Smith 118
‘What type are you?’ questionnaire 316–19, 317, 319
WhatTheFont app 176–9
Whistler, Rex 69
White’s Books 246, 248, 249
Wikipedia 81–2
Windows 243
3.1 222
7 320
95 23
Vista 330
Windsor 239
Winehouse, Amy 274–5
Wings 272
Wolpe, Berthold 69–70, 69, 122
Worboys Committee 155
worst fonts in the world 295–312
Worthington, Sam 306
x-height 45, 45, 249
YouTube 286–7, 286, 296
Zapf, Gudrun 169
Zapf, Hermann 169, 223–7, 226, 233, 287
Zapf Dingbats 169, 223, 224, 233
Zapfino 169, 233, 323
Zebron 177
Zeppelin II 273
Zilver Type 173