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Century Oldstyle

Designed by Morris F. Benton (and Linn Boyd Benton [Bitstream]) in 1906 and released by ATF in 1908–09 [McGrew], Century Oldstyle has little to do with its predecessor Century Expanded other than its name and proportion. Along with a much lower contrast it has old-style serifs and lettershapes (‘C, G, R’). Lanston Monotype’s version was No. 157. The Bold arrived in 1910 [American Bulletin, May 1910].

Bitstream’s digital version is Century Oldstyle. Adobe/Linotype’s is Century Old Style.

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