What's Hot From ITC

April 2001

ITC Oldrichium Spirited, unaffected and buoyant, the ITC Oldrichium type family pays homage to the calligraphy and typeface designs of Czech designer Oldrich Menhart. “I came upon one of Menhart’s typefaces over a decade ago,” says George Thompson, designer of ITC Oldrichium. Click here for more.

January 2001

ITC CuppaJoe & ITC Ludwig CuppaJoe designer Nick Curtis’s love affair with typography began when he was barely past adolescence, in a neighborhood alley of East Dallas. ITC Ludwig has an edge. It’s nervous, tense—maybe even a little scary. Drawn by Italian designer Giuseppe Errico, it refuses to be confined to a traditional baseline. Click here for more.

May 2001

ITC Mr. Chuckles & ITC Zinzinnati Round, firm, and bursting at the seams with good humor, ITC Mister Chuckles is based on the premise that barrel shapes have pleasant associations. ITC Zinzinnati is based on a font called Ohio, released in 1924 by Die Schriftguss A.G. Typical of the Plakatstil letterforms of the time. Click here for more.

July 2001

ITC Einhorn, Bottleneck & Zipper ITC Einhorn is a sans serif. It’s a script. It’s an Art Nouveau font. It’s all of the above! ITC Bottleneck is not a revival of a psychedelic typeface design: Tony Wenman’s 1972 creation is the real deal. When ITC Zipper first saw the light of day, graphic designers used t-squares and rubber cement, and the simplest computer was as big as a Volkswagen. Click here for more.

August 2001

ITC Napoleone Slab There is something straight-forward and no-nonsense about slab serifed typefaces. Calligraphic designs, on the other hand, evoke a sense of humanity and immediacy – even intimacy. Click here for more.

September 2001

ITC Atelier Atelier Sans began as one of Curtis’s renovations. His goal was to create a monoline design with Art Deco “sensibilities,” but without the geometric precision and relatively small x-height of faces like Futura or Kabel. Click here for more.

October 2001

ITC Tickle & ITC Hedera When Patricia Lillie was growing up, she thought the coolest thing in the world would be finding her own name listed in a library catalog. ITC Hedera’s roots can be traced to a suite of initials intended for book design by Olivera Stojadinovic. Click here for more.

November 2001

ITC Scram Gravy & ITC Jeepers ITC Scram Gravy takes its name from one of many running gags in the screwball comic strip “Smokey Stover.” Designer Nick Curtis found the inspiration for this typeface on a 1920s poster for a German bookseller. Click here for more.