![]() ![]() Its character and final appearance came into being through the lively exchange of the two men. The friendship between Jack Stauffacher and Hermann Zapf is the foundation for the development of this typeface. Viewed in this context Hunt Roman can be considered a prototype for exclusive typefaces, designed for one specific purpose, as opposed to the universally applicable typefaces of the time, such as Adrian Frutiger’s Univers or Max Miedinger’s Helvetica. In the early 1960s, the last years of the metal type era, the manufacture of fonts for private use was extremely expensive and therefore incredibly rare. This private commission was only made possible through the Californian master printer Jack Werner Stauffacher, then typography professor at Carnegie, for it was he who brought Hermann Zapf and Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, founder of the botanical library, together. Stempel AG in Frankfurt am Main, where it was known by its provisional title Z-Antiqua until the fonts left the assembly line. The punch-cutting and casting of the letters was executed by Arthur Ritzel at the D. In fact, Hunt Roman was ahead of its time.īetween 19 legendary German type designer Hermann Zapf designed Hunt Roman as a display face exclusively for the world-renowned Hunt Botanical Library (Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation since 1971), situated on campus of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (today: Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to accompany their text face Spectrum. Hermann Zapf wanted to design “a type of our time”. As it did not have to be adapted to any of the popular type setting machines of the early sixties, its designer was free from technical limitations and marketability. Resulting from a private commission, it was designed in a single weight and cut in steel in only four sizes for hand composition. Large -These are 70mm high characters (Prices start at £24 for one character.) see price table below.ĬHARACTER DESIGN(Font Type)-These are available in five standard options: see House signs page for other examples.Hunt Roman is a unique typeface. Regular- These are 50mm high characters (Prices start at £18 for one character.)see price table below We have displayed several examples of Fonts (typfaces) on our slate signs page we have found these to be the most popular with our customers however we can engrave virtually any font that is available we can also engraved designs and logos onto slate (Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any design ideas and we will give you a quote) We can engraved slate in all sizes up to a maximum of 300mm x 600mm.ĬHARACTERS-The Characters for you sign are available in two standard sizes: ![]() Here at Cornish Stone we offer a wide range of slate signs.Each slate sign is individually designed using or computerised system, Slate signs are engraved on a thick piece of cornish slate these are then hand polished and the characters finished with the finest grade exterior enamel (colour of your choice) finally they are coated with top quality slate oil resulting in a sign which will last an extremely long time.Slate has been used by craftsmen for centuries due to its durability and exterior qualities and cornish slate is some of the finest in the world. ![]()
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