Not entirely, open face is more like an engravers style, it has thicks and thins and gives an impression of depth or being carved, while outlined is a literal outline of a face (imagine you had cut out a letter from a piece of card and then traced around it onto a piece of paper) which looks like this. To further confuse matters there is another effect called inline which looks like this.
I hope this hasn't confused you too much.
Tim
>why are there so many terms for such similar effects?
I think it perpetuates itself. For instance, I wasn't aware there was only one correct way to name a face with a little bit of negative work done on it, so when I did such a face, I named it in a similar manner to one that had a similar effect. Hence Walburn Hand Tooled, after Goudy Handtooled. I was also aware that a number of ITC faces had that designation (Cheltenham, Garamond), so figured it was a reasonable precedent.
The main Open Face I knew was Bodoni, which has a different effect from the ITC fonts.
25.Jul.2005 7.37am
http://www.myfonts.com/search?search%5Btext%5D=open+face
It has the appearance of the core of the letters being removed (to simplify). The above link shows some examples of the style.
Tim
25.Jul.2005 7.54am
I think its type without the top layer of bread on it. I could be wrong though. ;)
25.Jul.2005 10.39am
Thanks for your response.
So, is it like what they call “outlined”? Is open-faced supposed to be a more professional way to describe the outlined style?
25.Jul.2005 12.25pm
Not entirely, open face is more like an engravers style, it has thicks and thins and gives an impression of depth or being carved, while outlined is a literal outline of a face (imagine you had cut out a letter from a piece of card and then traced around it onto a piece of paper) which looks like this. To further confuse matters there is another effect called inline which looks like this.
I hope this hasn't confused you too much.
Tim
26.Jul.2005 9.31am
I often hear people refer to OpenType as "open face". It drives me nuts.
26.Jul.2005 2.02pm
AKA "Engraved" or "Handtooled".
Examples:
Acadamy Engraved
Burlington
Castellar
Chevalier
Cloister Open Face
ITC Mona Lisa
Monotype Old Style
26.Jul.2005 2.41pm
i always thought the "Recut" on Mona Lisa was confusing. why are there so many terms for such similar effects?
26.Jul.2005 3.31pm
>why are there so many terms for such similar effects?
I think it perpetuates itself. For instance, I wasn't aware there was only one correct way to name a face with a little bit of negative work done on it, so when I did such a face, I named it in a similar manner to one that had a similar effect. Hence Walburn Hand Tooled, after Goudy Handtooled. I was also aware that a number of ITC faces had that designation (Cheltenham, Garamond), so figured it was a reasonable precedent.
The main Open Face I knew was Bodoni, which has a different effect from the ITC fonts.