International Typeface Corporation Announces 13 New Fonts.WOBURN, Mass. -- International Typeface Corporation The International Typeface Corporation (ITC) is a type manufacturer founded in New York in 1970 by Aaron Burns, Herb Lubalin, and Edward Rondthaler. The company is one of the world's first foundries to have no history in metal cast types. has introduced the ITC ITC (Brit) n abbr (= Independent Television Commission) → Fernseh-Aufsichtsgremium ITC n abbr (BRIT) (= Independent Television Commission) → Stone(R) Humanist(TM), ITC Tetra(TM) and ITC Tomism(TM) typeface families A group of typefaces that includes the normal, bold, italic and bold-italic variations of the same design. , three new designs that can be viewed and purchased at www.itcfonts.com/new. "Created by two of today's most influential type designers, these new typefaces This is a list of typefaces. Serif Here you can find a graphical version of this table.
v. flaunt·ed, flaunt·ing, flaunts v.tr. 1. To exhibit ostentatiously or shamelessly: flaunts his knowledge. See Synonyms at show. 2. the diversity of what's available from ITC," said Allan Haley, director of words and letters at ITC. "ITC continues to expand its exceptional range of fonts that appeal to graphic communicators." Sumner Stone designed the ITC Stone Humanist family by blending classical serif Short horizontal lines added to the tops and bottoms of traditional typefaces, such as Times Roman. Contrast with sans-serif.  letterforms and traditional sans serif shapes that he pulled from his ITC Stone Sans(R) design. Produced with the same complement of weights as the ITC Stone Sans design, the x-heights, proportions, and underlying character shapes of the ITC Stone Humanist family are fully compatible with the three original Stone Sans, Stone Serif(TM) and Stone Informal(TM) designs. Individual fonts start at $39.95. Tomi Haaparanta's ITC Tomism family mixes Cyrillic and blackletter shapes. The result is an ornate and angular design that can add fanciful, mythical or exotic undertones to any project. The ITC Tomism Swash design is a more flourished version of the ITC Tomism face. Individual prices of the fonts begin at $39.95. Prices for the volume of both faces start at $72. The ITC Tetra typeface family, another creation from Haaparanta, grew out of a design study. "I wanted to see how simple I could make a family of letter shapes and still maintain their legibility leg·i·ble adj. 1. Possible to read or decipher: legible handwriting. 2. Plainly discernible; apparent: legible weaknesses in character and disposition. ," said Haaparanta. The three weights of the ITC Tetra family range from light to black. Individual fonts start at $39.95. The Tetra volume begins at $108. The new fonts are available for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) and Macintosh(R) platforms in the OpenType(R), PostScript(R) and TrueType(R) formats. PostScript and TrueType data is packaged together. All ITC fonts include a license for up to five computers and one printer. About International Typeface Corporation An international leader in typeface The design of a set of printed characters, such as Courier, Helvetica and Times Roman. The terms "typeface" and "font" are used interchangeably, but the typeface is the primary design, while the font is the particular implementation and variation of the typeface, such as bold or italics design and marketing for over 30 years, ITC collaborates with world-class designers to provide a library of over 1,500 classic typefaces and innovative new designs. ITC licenses its typeface library throughout the world to companies in the graphic design, computer and printing technology fields. ITC is the exclusive home to the ITC 1500 Library(TM) and the ITC Designer Collection(TM). As part of its commitment to informing and inspiring the design community, ITC publishes the award-winning U&lc(R) Online (Upper & lower case: The International Journal of Graphic Design and Digital Media), where new ITC typefaces are introduced and shown in use. ITC's Web site, www.itcfonts.com, provides typographic See typography. information, resources and tools, as well as an online type shop. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (C) 2005 International Typeface Corporation. All rights reserved. |
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