itc century – Tony Stan, 1975

ITC Century, a modern serif revival, derives from the original Century, Linn Boyd Benton’s custom typeface for Century magazine (1896), as well as Morris Fuller Benton’s Century Expanded and Century Schoolbook. The face is extremely legible thanks to Fuller Benton’s research during Schoolbook’s development, thus the Supreme Court of the United States requires that every booklet-format document be typeset in the family. Letterforms mean business with long, bracketed serifs, while large ball terminals and the flowing curl in the Q’s tail add flair. Its condensed proportions and tight letterspacing are effective for periodicals.