![]() ![]() Monotype described it as a 'long- descender type of great distinction', emphasising its feeling of not having been restricted to allow tighter linespacing, as other types often had been in the hot metal period. The completed family was released for general use in 1929, with a first showing in Monotype's specimen booklet The Trained Printer and the Amateur by Alfred W. One of its most notable uses has been in the designs of Penguin Books, who have regularly used it for titling. It has been popular in fine book printing and is often used both for printing body text and especially titles and headings. The italic has sometimes been named separately as the "Arrighi" italic.Ĭentaur is an elegant and quite slender design, lighter on the page than Jenson's work and most other revivals, an effect possibly amplified in the digital release compared to the metal type. It was given widespread release by the British branch of Monotype, paired with an italic designed by calligrapher Frederic Warde and based on the slightly later work of calligrapher and printer Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi. ![]() He used it for his design of the Oxford Lectern Bible. ![]() Centaur is a serif typeface by book and typeface designer Bruce Rogers, based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson around 1470. ![]()
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