Named after the Spanish artist and originally named El Greco or Antigua El Greco. [UnosTiposDuros] Cast by Richard Gans in 7 styles (three weights with italics plus the decorated caps-only Greco adornado). Complemented by Iniciales Greco, a set of condensed handtooled initials. The basic style also was offered as the caps-only Greco Titular including several alternates. Greco was sold by Stephens, Shanks & Sons as Bristol and by Mergenthaler as Vulcan. [Reichardt]
Nick Curtis’ Melina Fancy (Bitstream, 1990) is a loose interpretation of the adornado style, with an invented lowercase. Melina Plain is a solid style derived from it. His Kifisia Antigua (Nick's Fonts, 2005) is based on the semi-negro. So is the lousy Gans Antigua by Intellecta More…
Named after the Spanish artist and originally named El Greco or Antigua El Greco. [UnosTiposDuros] Cast by Richard Gans in 7 styles (three weights with italics plus the decorated caps-only Greco adornado). Complemented by Iniciales Greco, a set of condensed handtooled initials. The basic style also was offered as the caps-only Greco Titular including several alternates. Greco was sold by Stephens, Shanks & Sons as Bristol and by Mergenthaler as Vulcan. [Reichardt]
Nick Curtis’ Melina Fancy (Bitstream, 1990) is a loose interpretation of the adornado style, with an invented lowercase. Melina Plain is a solid style derived from it. His Kifisia Antigua (Nick's Fonts, 2005) is based on the semi-negro. So is the lousy Gans Antigua by Intellecta Design (2006). Greco (Lazy Dog Foundry, 1992–93) spans 7 styles, but seems to be no longer available. Atomic Type sells a Greco Roman (Bulldog, 2005; used for the sample).
Some sources confuse Greco with Antigua Progreso, which is another serif cast by Gans in the 1920s.
