Caribbean Island font
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
Mseek Font Creator, 2007
Font family
Caribbean Island
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Caribbean Island
Full font name
Caribbean Island
Name table version
Version 3.0
Postscript font name
Carribean Island
Trademark notice
Caribbean Island by (c) Mseek Font Creator, 2007
Manufacturer name
Designer
Description
This remarkable typeface first appeared in 1932 in The Times of London newspaper, for which it was designed. It has subsequently become one of the worlds most successful type creations. The original drawings were made under Stanley Morison's direction by Victor Lardent at The Times. It then went through an extensive iterative process involving further work in Monotype's Type Drawing Office. Based on experiments Morison had conducted using Perpetua and Plantin, it has many old style characteristics but was adapted to give excellent legibility coupled with good economy. Widely used in books and magazines, for reports, office documents and also for display and advertising.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
Platform
Encoding
Microsoft
Unicode BMP only
Macintosh
Roman
Unicode
Unicode 2.0 and onwards semantics, Unicode BMP only.
Font details
Created:
1990-08-06
Revision:
2
Glyph count:
169
Units per Em:
2048
Embedding rights:
Embedding for permanent installation
Family class:
Freeform serifs
Weight:
Semi-light
Width:
Medium (normal)
Width type:
Normal
Mac style:
Bold
Direction:
Only strongly left to right glyphs
Pattern nature:
Regular
Posture:
Upright
Stroke weight:
Book, text, regular, etc.
Pitch:
Not monospaced
Visual characteristics
Family type:
Latin (text and display)
Serif style:
Cove
Arm style:
Straight arms / single serif
Letter form:
Normal / contact
Weight:
Medium
Proportion:
Modern
Contrast:
Medium low
Stroke variation:
Gradual / transitional
Midline:
Standard / pointed
X-height (corpus size):
Constant / large