Footlight is a serif typeface designed by Malaysian type designer Ong Chong Wah in 1986[1] for the Monotype Corporation.[2][3] Footlight is an irregular design. It is sold in weights from light to extra-bold with matching italics. It was originally designed as an italic font, a roman version was later made.[4]
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| Category | Serif |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | Ong Chong Wah |
| Foundry | Monotype Corporation |
| Date released | 1986 |
Footlight MT
editA version of Footlight's light style called "Footlight MT" (without italic) has been bundled with some Microsoft software.[5]
Distribution
editIt has been distributed in the following products:
- Access 97 SR2
- Office 2000 Premium
- Office 2007
- Office 2007 Professional Edition
- Office 2010
- Office 4.3 Professional
- Office 97 Small Business Edition SR2
- Office 97 SR1a
- Office Professional Edition 2003
- PhotoDraw 2000
- Picture It! 2000
- Picture It! 2002
- Picture It! 98
- Publisher 2000
- Publisher 2007
- Publisher 97
- Publisher 98
- Windows Small Business Server 2003
Unicode
editFootlight MT has support for the following Unicode blocks:
References
edit- ^ Devroye, Luc. "Ong Chong Wah". luc.devroye.org. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ^ "F | Monotype". www.monotype.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ^ Perfect, Christopher, Gordon Rookledge, Phil Baines, Rookledge's Classic International Typefinder, Lawrence King Publishing, London, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85669-406-3, p. 78-79.
- ^ "Footlight® font family | Linotype.com". www.linotype.com. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- ^ Jacobs, Mike (20 October 2017). "Footlight MT font family - Typography". docs.microsoft.com. Microsoft. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
External links
edit- Microsoft Typography - Footlight MT
- Microsoft Typography - Footlight MT Light - Version 1.51
- Monotype's page for the entire Footlight family
- Identifont - Footlight
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