Letraset

794 typefaces (including 116 white). Plus, all the Letratone, symbols and bodytype you could ever want:

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greek text… (más)

Seven hundred and forty seven type faces are at your disposal (okay, some are the same typeface in BOLD or whatever). Many available (at the time) as truetype for MAC, or postscript for IBM too.

Of course, if you were like me, you simply opened the page on your chosen typeface and shoved the whole catalogue under the Grant Enlarger, then hand rendered your own copy type yourself. Although even I had to draw the line at certain fonts: 'Process' and 'Tonal' spring to mind as they were more LetraTone than anything else!
Now, if you were lucky enough to own one of those fancy computer thingies named after an orchard fruit and had FontStudio and LetraStudio too, then you may have missed out on all this fun and games.… (más)