Brewery No 2

An entry in the Second Linotype Design Contest, Linotype Brewery, designed by Gustavs Andrejs Grinbergs, became part of the TakeType Collection in 1997. Brewery No 2 represents a significantly improved…

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Britannic font

Britannic

Britannic is a sans serif face with a vertical axis and a high degree of stroke contrast, especially in the heavier weights. This typeface exudes a degree of elegance that…

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Caravan font

Caravan

Linotype Caravan contains four sets of typographic ornaments that can add visual interest and personality to documents. The Caravan ornaments were adapted by Linotype for inclusion in the Electra series.…

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Cardamon font

Cardamon

“My goal in creating the Cardamon family,” says Brigitte Schuster of her first design, “was to make an unobtrusive serif typeface which, at the same time, has a determined and…

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Carolina font

Carolina

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Gottfried Pott designed Carolina in 1990 for Linotype’s Type Before Gutenberg series, basing it on Carolingian minuscule handwriting from the reign of the Emperor Charlemagne. These lettershapes from about 800…

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Cascade Script font Caslon #3 font

Caslon #3

The Englishman William Caslon (1672–1766) first cut his typeface Caslon in 1725. His major influences were the Dutch designers Christoffel van Dijcks and Dirck Voskens. The Caslon font was long…

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Caslon #540 font

Caslon #540

The Englishman William Caslon punchcut many roman, italic, and non-Latin typefaces from 1720 until his death in 1766. At that time most types were being imported to England from Dutch…

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Caslon Antique font Caslon Open Face font