PS: I believe Eurostile, which originated in the early 1960s, is a more comprehensive version of Microgramma, which was an all caps font dating back to the early 1950s. As I recall, the same Swiss designers worked on both.
>Why changing the name of a font when lowercase characters are added?
Marketing! When Eurostile was brought out, it was a new type family. They still kept selling Microgramma, as far as I know. More type families in the catalog can often lead to more sales.
>Do font names change when cyrillic characters are added?
No. Sometimes, the name might be appended with a “Pro” or “Plus” or “Super” or “Awesome” or “Whatever” though.
And looking for Microgramma here (paratype.com), I found “Magistral” and “Micra” with cyrillic characters and saw Square 721 in the list...
[edit] Moreover, looking for Eurostile on the same site, I found Europe with plenty of styles, and cyrillic characters. It is said: The typeface was designed at TypeMarket in 1992-1993 by Alexey Kustov. Similar to Eurostile by Aldo Novarese, 1962, Nebiolo. [note: The character set is just cyrillic standard].
31.Jul.2007 6.01pm
Looks like Eurostile Bold Extended #2, gussied up of course.
31.Jul.2007 6.04pm
Money. Thanks.
31.Jul.2007 6.32pm
I’d say Microgramma Bold. [edit] and extended, of course.
31.Jul.2007 9.59pm
I am still trying to get a feel for kerning, so I am wondering...do the experienced eyes think the AT could use some adjustment?
31.Jul.2007 11.49pm
Definitely!
PS: I believe Eurostile, which originated in the early 1960s, is a more comprehensive version of Microgramma, which was an all caps font dating back to the early 1950s. As I recall, the same Swiss designers worked on both.
1.Aug.2007 12.27am
malbright wrote: As I recall, the same Swiss designers worked on both..
The design came from Aldo Novarese, an Italian type designer. More information at the wikipedia link …
1.Aug.2007 12.32am
Apart from that, Michael has it right. Eurostile is Microgramma with lowercase and extra weights.
1.Aug.2007 2.56am
Oops. Did I saw Swiss? I meant Italian. ;-0
1.Aug.2007 7.51am
Why changing the name of a font when lowercase characters are added? Do font names change when cyrillic characters are added?
1.Aug.2007 4.26pm
Beats me. Ask Aldo. :^/
1.Aug.2007 11.29pm
>Why changing the name of a font when lowercase characters are added?
Marketing! When Eurostile was brought out, it was a new type family. They still kept selling Microgramma, as far as I know. More type families in the catalog can often lead to more sales.
>Do font names change when cyrillic characters are added?
No. Sometimes, the name might be appended with a “Pro” or “Plus” or “Super” or “Awesome” or “Whatever” though.
2.Aug.2007 4.32am
Don’t forget “Next”. ;^)
2.Aug.2007 4.38am
Here is what I gathered from the Eurostile and Microgramma fonts on FontShop:
and I have the feeling I am still missing part of the story.
2.Aug.2007 1.47pm
And looking for Microgramma here (paratype.com), I found “Magistral” and “Micra” with cyrillic characters and saw Square 721 in the list...
[edit] Moreover, looking for Eurostile on the same site, I found Europe with plenty of styles, and cyrillic characters. It is said: The typeface was designed at TypeMarket in 1992-1993 by Alexey Kustov. Similar to Eurostile by Aldo Novarese, 1962, Nebiolo. [note: The character set is just cyrillic standard].
3.Aug.2007 1.18pm
Ahhh, the wonders of clones, competing type foundries and the confusion they create. ;^)