About ITC Highlander Book Italic Package
ITC Highlander was born out of designer Dave Farey's desire to create a new sans serif face based loosely on the handwriting of the late American graphic artist and lettering master, Oswald Cooper. In doing so, he also wanted to develop a type family that was distinct, but not so unusual that it would be only limited to display applications. While most would classify ITC Highlander as a sans serif design, Farey prefers to categorized it as a “soft terminal monoline.” He believes that the soft terminals, coupled with the slightly uneven character weights, help make the design a little more readable than most sans serif type styles. Farey chose to maintain this hand-drawn aspect of Cooper's original design, and the delicate deviation from perfection alleviates the visual monotony common to so many sans serif faces. Also, the italics are true cursive designs which were carefully drawn to complement the roman while maintaining their own design integrity. The letters also have a modest x-height which provides a subtle sense of elegance to this otherwise informal design. ITC Highlander is available in book, medium and bold weights, with corresponding italics. |
