ITC Stone Sans
ITC Stone Sans is more than a simple family of type. It’s an “extended” family that satisfies a broad range of users, needs, and address a multitude of graphic problems. Sumner Stone’s initial intent in creating the family was to aid the neophyte, but early in the design process he realized that he was creating a family of type that would also appeal to the most sophisticated of graphic designers.
The mission Stone set for himself was more demanding than simply designing a new and original design, and more arduous than creating three individual type families. His task was a combination of all that – and then some. To be successful the three sub-families within the ITC Stone series needed to interrelate with each other perfectly, have a common, and obvious, design bond and still be able to stand on its own as a distinctive typestyle.
ITC Korinna
In 1973, as a result of a license agreement with the Berthold type foundry, ITC commissioned Ed Benguiat and Victor Caruso to revive the original Korinna design. Their directive was simple: keep the style and personality of the German design, but make it more applicable to current tastes and technology. The result is ITC Korinna, a family of four weights with corresponding italics.
More than once, ITC Korinna has been labeled as a “workhorse” typeface. Workhorses are not considered to be especially elegant or sophisticated animals. They are big, robust, creatures that can do a variety of work with relatively little fuss. So it is with ITC Korinna This sturdy typeface can work under a variety of typographic conditions with predictably successful results.