About ITC Giovanni Bold Italic
The goal of ITC Giovanni was to create a face of classic oldstyle proportions that was at the same time thoroughly contemporary. In incorporating more contemporay proportions in his work, Robert Slimbach used the characteristics of digital medium to its best advantage, while mainting the best aspects of classic typeface design. Ascenders and descenders were shortened slightly from would-be strict oldstyle proportions; the x-height was increased somewhat; and the capitals which can be optically heavy in oldstyle designs were subtly lightened to insure even color in text copy. Slimbach is a California-based type designer who has created numerous designs for ITC and Adobe Systems Inc. ITC Giovanni is available in book, bold and black weights, each with a corresponding italic. |
