Designed by Robin Nicholas and Carl Crossgrove after an italic companion for Bembo designed in the 1929–30 [Reichardt 2011] by calligrapher Alfred John Fairbank and originally released as Bembo Narrow Italic, or Bembo 294 Condensed. Chancery and Swash styles add calligraphic swash caps and lowercase. These were later combined into a Pro OpenType version.