“Alloy is a synthesis of a variety of historical
sources, updated for contemporary use. Spiral-curled loops in place
of ball terminals; delicate long serifs, swollen with bracketing;
bowed crossbars on characters like A and H; the stately proportions
of inscriptional capitals. Toward the end of the 19th Century,
several competing foundries offered designs featuring these
elements. Variations on the theme were manufactured by Bruce’s Type
Foundry, MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, Cincinnati Type Foundry, and
Stephenson Blake. With names like Runic
and Celtic,
these types appealed to the popular appetite for semblances of
exoticism and scholarship.” – XYZ
Type
The family spans three widths, More…
“Alloy is a synthesis of a variety of historical sources, updated for contemporary use. Spiral-curled loops in place of ball terminals; delicate long serifs, swollen with bracketing; bowed crossbars on characters like A and H; the stately proportions of inscriptional capitals. Toward the end of the 19th Century, several competing foundries offered designs featuring these elements. Variations on the theme were manufactured by Bruce’s Type Foundry, MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan, Cincinnati Type Foundry, and Stephenson Blake. With names like Runic and Celtic, these types appealed to the popular appetite for semblances of exoticism and scholarship.” – XYZ Type
The family spans three widths, each with five weights in roman and italic styles. To be released with XYZ Type.
