About ITC Cheltenham Handtooled Volume
Handtooled designs are special display versions of type designs which have a distinctive highlight engraved or “tooled” into the left side of the character strokes. Even with the capabilities of current digital technology, handtooling a typeface is still best done manually. For this reason, ITC asked Ed Benguiat to undertake these designs. In developing this series, Benguiat was challenged with the demanding task of creating a perfectly proportioned incision into the character strokes of every character in the bold weights of ITC Century, ITC Cheltenham and ITC Garamond. Handtooling lends a completely new personality to most typeface designs; they take on the elegant strength of letters incised in smooth granite or fine marble. Although first introduced as early as the middle of the 19th century, handtooled designs became popular additions to type families in the early 20th century. The handtooled series is available in roman and italic designs for the bold weights of ITC Century, ITC Cheltenham and ITC Garamond typefaces. These typefaces also include oldstyle figures. |
