Distinguished from previous Bookmans by the
large x-height and the cursive italics. Announced in
U&lc Vol. 2
No. 4 (1975). 4 weights in roman and
italic, plus Contour and Outline styles derived from the Bold. The
original release included a second set of non-ligning numerals as
well as alternate swash forms for all caps (2בABRVW’) and ‘Th’.
Roman styles had 3 ampersands,
alternates for ‘du’ (angled foot serif), ‘e朒 (angled bar), and
swash alts for ‘bfhkmnopqrtvwy’. Italics had 2 ampersands and swash alts for ‘ehkmnopqrt’
(3בh’).
Digital versions by Bitstream (1990–1993, Light and Demi plus
italics, More…
Distinguished from previous Bookmans by the large x-height and the cursive italics. Announced in U&lc Vol. 2 No. 4 (1975). 4 weights in roman and italic, plus Contour and Outline styles derived from the Bold. The original release included a second set of non-ligning numerals as well as alternate swash forms for all caps (2בABRVW’) and ‘Th’. Roman styles had 3 ampersands, alternates for ‘du’ (angled foot serif), ‘e朒 (angled bar), and swash alts for ‘bfhkmnopqrtvwy’. Italics had 2 ampersands and swash alts for ‘ehkmnopqrt’ (3בh’).
Digital versions by Bitstream (1990–1993, Light and Demi plus italics, discontinued), ParaType (Tagir Safayev and Lyubov Kuznetsova, 1994, like Bitstream’s but with added Cyrillics), Elsner+Flake (4 weights plus italics), and ITC. The latter covers the 4 weights plus italics and has most of the original alternates.
