Not to be confused with. Century, Scotch Modern and Date released 1894–1923 Variations Century Expanded, Century Schoolbook, Century Old Style, Century Catalogue Shown here Century Schoolbook Century is a family of type faces particularly intended for body text. The family originates from a first design, Century Roman cut by designer in 1894 for master printer, for use in his magazine. ATF rapidly expanded it into a very large family, first by Linn Boyd and later by his son.

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Century is based on the genre, a style of type of British origin which had been popular in the United States from the early nineteenth century and is part of the genre of type popular through the entire nineteenth century. Its design emphasises crispness and elegance, with strokes ending in fine tapers, and crisp, finely pointed serifs. However, compared to many earlier typefaces in the genre, stroke contrast is quite low, creating a less sharp and highly readable structure. With ATF no longer operating, a wide variety of variants and revivals with varying features and quality are available. Despite originating in the nineteenth century, use of the typeface remains strong for periodicals, textbooks, and literature.

The requires that briefs be typeset in Century family type. According to Charles Shaw, 'The rugged simplicity of the Century family of types has made it an enduring favorite of American typographers for almost one hundred years. Beginning as foundry type, Century has withstood a series of technical transformations into Linotype, Monotype, Ludlow, phototype, transfer type, digital type, and Xerox-like 'toner type'.' Century types from the ATF specimen book, 1912. Century Schoolbook had not yet been released at this time. Characteristics of this typeface are: lower case: curl ending in a ball terminal on top of letter c. Ball terminal on hook of f, ear of g, and tail of j.

Upper case: curled tail on the capital R and reflexive curled tail on the capital Q. Prominent top spur on capital C.

Figures: curl ending in a ball terminal on both tails of 3, and on single tail of 2, 5, 6 and 9. Variations Century Roman Century Roman Commissioned by for the Date created 1894 Date released November, 1895 issue of, publisher of the, wanted a more legible font for his magazine.

He commissioned his friend from the newly formed to devise such a face. Over the course of the nineteenth century, largely because of the influence of, common printing fonts had become thin, making a weak impression on the page. De Vinne and aesthete decried this 'growing effeminacy' and called for a reversion to blacker faces.

The face L.B. Benton produced, Century Roman, had a larger than most faces and thicker hair-lines than was common, yet the proportions of a condensed face because De Vinne believed this to be more legible. This was made only in foundry type and later an accompanying face of normal width was produced by L.B. Benton, called variously Century Broad Face or Century No. Despite being the original member of the Century family, it is not popular compared to the later members of the family with more normal proportions. Century Century Commissioned by Date created 1900 Date released 1900–1910, Design based on Century Roman + Bruce #16 Roman Also known as Century Expanded With the merging of twenty-three foundries into in 1892, Linn Boyd Benton's son, was given the task of consolidating and purging the faces of these manufacturers into a coherent selection.

Following this, he was given the task of adapting Century No. 2 to meet the standards of the time.

Records now in the show that M.F. Benton not only re-designed his father's face, but did so with reference to #16 Roman of the which A.T.F. Had recently acquired.

(And which, probably not coincidentally, had been introduced in the Bruce Foundry catalog of 1877 which had been printed by De Vinne.) The result was Century Expanded, which proved hugely successful. By 1912 the A.T.F.

Catalog no longer offered the original Century Roman, while displaying 64 pages of samples of other members of the Century family. Following the successful introduction of this type, M.F. Benton embarked upon the creation of the first planned type family, and it is this conception of 'type families' that is probably Benton's single greatest achievement. The faces were issued over a period of ten years, all of which were designed by Benton and issued by A.T.F.:. Century Expanded (1900). Century Italic + Century Bold (1905).

Century Bold Condensed (1909). Century Bold Extended (1910) Hot metal copies Century proved to be hugely popular and was either licensed or copied by all the makers of mechanical composition machines, including, and.

Called their version Century Roman, while called their 1953 version Century Modern. A few variants were even added:. Century Bold Condensed Italic (1938, ). Century Extra Bold Extended , designed for use in newspaper and magazine headlines. Cold type copies Century's popularity and usefulness continued right through the era and was made available for photocomposition by all the leading producers under the following names:. Century Expanded –,.

Century X –. Century Light –. Censtar Expanded –. Cambridge Expanded –.

Digi-Antiqua –. ITC Century -: a less faithful version with increased, but extremely popular, has also been digitised.

A Century typeface was also available for the. Digital variants A digital version named Benton Modern Text was first prepared by for the and the. It was designed by and is based on Century Expanded, however, the accompanying italic and bold, are based upon Century Schoolbook, and were designed by and. Benton Modern was released in two different optical sizes: text for general use and display for large text sizes. Font Bureau had already digitised as a separate project Century Bold Condensed on its own, intending it particularly for newspaper headline use. Century Oldstyle Century Oldstyle Commissioned by Date created 1909 Date released 1909–1915, Design based on Century Roman + Also known as Old Style No. 9 Century Oldstyle was released at a time when heavier faces with bracketed serifs were returning to vogue.

The faces were issued over a period of six years, all of which were designed by Benton and issued by A.T.F. Century Oldstyle is Linn Boyd Benton's and Morris Fuller Benton's renovation of Phemister's Miller & Richard Old Style for ATF (also known as Bookman Oldstyle) forty-five years later, using the Century name for marketing purposes. Despite the name it is not purely an old-style serif font (the type of metal type used before around 1750), but retains many more modern characteristics such as its curling capital Q. Century Oldstyle + italic + bold (1909). Century Oldstyle Bold Italic (1910).

Century Oldstyle Bold Condensed (1915) Hot metal copies Century Oldstyle was not as popular as its predecessor, but the roman and italic were copied by, and. Cold type copies As oldstyle faces gained in popularity during the photo-comp era, Century Oldstyle was copied more widely then than during the hot type era. Copies were made under following names:. Century Oldstyle –,. Cambridge Oldstyle – Century Catalogue Century Catalogue Commissioned by Date created 1917 Date released 1917 Design based on Century Expanded Century Catalogue (as spelled in ATF specimen books) had a lower x-height than Century Expanded but, despite longer ascenders, adheres to the same general design.

Century Catalogue Italic is basically a re-working of, only the A, V and W being different. Both were designed by M.F.

Benton and released by A.T.F. As far as is known, Century Catalogue was never copied by other foundries, for machine composition, or as cold type.

Digital versions may exist. Century Schoolbook Century Schoolbook Commissioned by Date created 1918 Date released 1918–1923, Design based on Century Expanded Also known as Century Modern Century Schoolbook is a designed by in 1919 for the (ATF) at the request of, a textbook publisher, which wanted an especially easy-to-read face for textbooks. Century Schoolbook has elements similar to the classification.

Century Schoolbook is based on the earlier Century Roman. Century Schoolbook is familiar to many in North America as being the typeface with which many first learned to read.

Morris Fuller Benton utilized research done by 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, M. Benton increased the x-height, the stroke width, and overall. The faces were issued over a period of five years, all of which were designed by Benton and issued by A.T.F.:. Century Schoolbook (1918).

Century Schoolbook Italic (1921). Century Schoolbook Bold (1923) A final member of the Century family was an oldstyle version called Schoolbook Oldstyle begun in 1920 and released in 1926, an italic following in 1928. This never achieved the popularity of its sister faces, was never adapted for machine composition (much less cold type or digital). And was eventually withdrawn. Hot metal copies Another immensely popular face for A.T.F.

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And Benton, Century Schoolbook was either licensed or copied by all the makers of mechanical composition machines, including, and. One variant, Century Schoolbook Bold Italic was even added by Intertype. Also commissioned to design, which was intended to compete directly with Century Schoolbook for the text-book market.

Cold type copies The popularity of Century Schoolbook outstripped that of Century in the cold type era, and it was offered by all manufacturers under the following names:. Century Schoolbook –,. Century Text –. Century Textbook –. Censtar School –. Cambridge Schoolbook –.

Schoolbook – Digital copies The most common digital version is Monotype's, bundled with many Microsoft products. There are also versions of New Century Schoolbook by, and others. A very limited set of styles digitised by has been released as open-source software as part of the project in type 1 format. TeX Gyre Schola is an adaptation of the URW release by a Polish group.

Including a Cyrillic version and small caps, it is perhaps the most complete open-source digitisation of the Century family. Confusingly, the Monotype version offered with Microsoft products is also called just 'Century', perhaps for backwards compatibility reasons from the period when file names had to be short. Modern Microsoft products include both this 'Century' (in roman style only but with Cyrillic characters) and the same design as 'Century Schoolbook', only the latter including the whole family with bold and italics.

Digital variants Grad is a variant by Phil Martin (digitized by ) based on the original ATF Century Schoolbook. It is an extensive digitisation with text figures and small caps, also adding unusual features such as asymmetric serifs. Century Schoolbook Infant. This is a single-story version of the typeface that is used to help children learn to read.

It is very rare, but it can be found in the books. Cyrillic adaptations The Century Schoolbook typeface was also adapted by Soviet typographies. The first Cyrillic adaptation, named Pioner (Russian for 'pioneer'), was designed in 1939, and later in 1961 the second adaptation was made in the scientific research institute (NII) 'Poligrafmash'. The latter version acquired the name Shkol'naya (Russian for 'of school') and since then it has been the standard and most widely used typeface for children publications and for school textbooks in the Soviet Union and later in Russia. Century Nova Century Nova + Italic (1964) was designed by Charles E.

Hughes with the stipulation from A.T.F. That it must be equally suited for both letterpress (hot type) and offset (cold type) reproduction. The thin lines are substantial and the lower-case letters have a larger x-height, and (perhaps ironically) it returns to the condensed nature of the original Century Roman. This was the second-to-last face cut by A.T.F. Scangraphic has released a digitisation.

Related digital revivals. Comparison between Century Schoolbook (in Monotype's digitisation) and Old Standard by Alexey Kryukov, based on nineteenth-century printing especially from Russia. Both have the same basic letter structure but Old Standard is much more crisp with finer hairlines and serifs, especially in italic.

Nick Shinn's Scotch Modern revival is a digitisation in three optical sizes of the Scotch Modern types that inspired Century. Described by reviewer Mark Simonson as 'insanely complete', it has a stronger level of contrast and sharper Didone serifs than Century designs, in a release featuring small caps and a range of matching figure designs. Shinn based the revival on that used in an 1873 book on New York State wildlife. The Old Standard web font by Alexey Kryukov is loosely based on the similar styles of type that were used in Europe during the early 20th century. It includes Cyrillic and polytonic Greek glyphs for classical studies use.

's is a revival of the Scotch Roman types that are Century's distant ancestors in the early nineteenth century. It features a much more restrained level of stroke contrast. It is an extremely large family often used by newspapers, with five optical sizes and many professional features such as and alternate figure designs. Chronicle Text and Display by are another large Scotch Roman-inspired family with optical sizes intended for newspaper and professional use. Eames Century Modern is a digitisation inspired by the family's use by furniture designers. It is used by, among others. Century 751 from is actually a digital revival of Rudolph Ruzicka's Primer.

See also. category. References. Tichenor, Irene (2005). No art without craft: The life of Theodore Low de Vinne, printer (1st ed.). Boston (Mass.): D.

Drucker, Margaret Re; essays by Johanna; Mosley, James (2003). New York: Princeton Architectural. Cost, Patricia A. The Bentons: how an American father and son changed the printing industry. Rochester, N.Y.: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press. ^ Shinn, Nick. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

^ Shaw, Paul. 'The Century Family' in Fine Print on Type.

Edited by Charles Bigelow, Paul Hayden Duensing, and Linea Genry. San Francisco: Bedford Arts, 1989., p. De Vinne, Theodore Low. The Practice of Typography, Plain Printing Types. New York, NY: The Century Co., 1902. ^ MacGrew, Mac. American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 1993., pp. American Specimen Book of Type Styles. Jersey City: American Type Founders Company, 1912. Archived:. ^ Lawson, Alexander, Archie Provan, and Frank Romano. Primer Metal Typeface Identification. Arlington, Virginia: Printing Industries of America: National Composition Association 1976, pp.

Berlow, David and Roger Black. 'New Fonts: Benton Modern Display, Rocky & ITC Franklin' from The Font Bureau, Inc. 15 September 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

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Stephen Coles, Chris Jordan, Henrique Gusso, Rainer Joswig, and Sarah Jenkins. Retrieved 22 September 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

Retrieved 1 November 2015. Simonson, Mark. Mark Simonson Studio. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

Yefimov, Vladimir; Shmeleva, Anna (2007). Velikiye shrifty Great typefaces (in Russian). 'Century Nova, New Typeface, Shown at Premiere in Milwaukee,' Inland Printer, November 1965, p. Jaspert, W. Turner Berry and A.F.

The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983., p.43. Retrieved 4 November 2015. Simonson, Mark. Retrieved 1 November 2015. Shaw, Paul. Print magazine.

Retrieved 1 November 2015. Kryukov, Alexey. Old Standard TT accessed through Google Fonts website. Carter, Matthew. Retrieved 1 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015. House Industries.

Retrieved 1 November 2015. Fonts in Use. Retrieved 4 October 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2015. Further reading. Meggs, Philip and Rob Carter. Typographic Specimens: The Great Typefaces.

Van Nostrand Reinhold: 1993. Meggs, Philip B. And Roy McKelvey.

Revival of the Fittest. RC Publications, Inc.: 2000. DeVinne, Theodore, Century Co., New York, 1904. DeVinne, Theodore, Century Co., New York, 1902.