The “Scotch” types were cut by an Englishman, Richard Austin.
First in Scotland, then in the UK for his own Imperial Foundry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Austin_(punchcutter)
What in the world is an "English" typeface? You mean the copies people made of Jenson's work? Or the typefaces based on the textura or German blackletter? (that is to say, none of those are truly "English") And who in the world would know the difference besides maybe some of us here? Certainly not anyone's clients. Just throw a Union Jack on the page somewhere. Bingo, now its English.
Times New Roman is English, of course, designed for the London Times by Monotype's Victor Lardent in 1931 under the direction of Stanley Morison.
Was Gill Sans ruled out for design reasons, or in protest of Eric Gill's debauched private life? If you can use something else by Gill, Perpetua (from the late 1920s) is very nice. It, too, was designed at the instigation of Stanley Morison.
15 Apr 2012 — 4:23am
Scotch Modern.
15 Apr 2012 — 5:21am
modern meaning “Classical modernity: 1789–1900” or meaning “contemporary”?
15 Apr 2012 — 5:24am
Hi, more contemporary. I am looking for something from 1900-present
15 Apr 2012 — 5:26am
and something that isn't Gill Sans.
15 Apr 2012 — 6:03am
Take a look at Paul Barnes’s, Dave Farey’s, and Jeremy Tankard’s typefaces. They feel very English to me. And what about Matthew Carter’s?
15 Apr 2012 — 8:24am
You're definitely looking for a serif, then?
15 Apr 2012 — 10:33am
> SCOTCH Modern
HAA!! ;-)
15 Apr 2012 — 11:07am
I must’ve misread “English” for “British”, my bad ;-)
15 Apr 2012 — 2:52pm
The “Scotch” types were cut by an Englishman, Richard Austin.
First in Scotland, then in the UK for his own Imperial Foundry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Austin_(punchcutter)
Commercial’s Austin:
http://commercialtype.com/typefaces/austin/austin/roman
Shinntype’s Scotch Modern:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/shinn/scotch-modern/
For the 20th century, there is too much to choose from with so broad a brief as “Modern English”
15 Apr 2012 — 4:44pm
What in the world is an "English" typeface? You mean the copies people made of Jenson's work? Or the typefaces based on the textura or German blackletter? (that is to say, none of those are truly "English") And who in the world would know the difference besides maybe some of us here? Certainly not anyone's clients. Just throw a Union Jack on the page somewhere. Bingo, now its English.
15 Apr 2012 — 5:23pm
You mean the copies people made of Jenson's work?
You don’t have to be “some of us here” to see that Morris’ Golden Type ain’t no Jenson copy.
15 Apr 2012 — 5:35pm
Wait, I think I got it. The English typefaces are the ones with the bad teeth!
15 Apr 2012 — 5:53pm
http://www.foundrytypes.co.uk/
15 Apr 2012 — 6:28pm
16 Apr 2012 — 7:01am
I always thought that a British typeface was one that sounded as plummy as a BBC presenter.
16 Apr 2012 — 7:28am
A British font has more 'u' sorts than an American one.
16 Apr 2012 — 2:38pm
http://www.daltonmaag.com/
20 Apr 2012 — 12:38pm
So would the American typefaces all be overweight?
20 Apr 2012 — 12:54pm
Times New Roman is English, of course, designed for the London Times by Monotype's Victor Lardent in 1931 under the direction of Stanley Morison.
Was Gill Sans ruled out for design reasons, or in protest of Eric Gill's debauched private life? If you can use something else by Gill, Perpetua (from the late 1920s) is very nice. It, too, was designed at the instigation of Stanley Morison.