Sidney Gaunt

Sidney Clyde Gaunt (c. 1874 - 1932) was an American type designer and artist.

He was a prolific producer of type designs while "shop artist" for Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry. He had his own studio in New York City in the early 1920s.

Typefaces

• Authors Roman series (BB&S later ATF)
  • Authors Roman + Wide + Italic (1902)
  • Authors Roman Bold (1909)
  • Authors Oldstyle + Italic + Bold (1912)
  • Authors Roman Condensed (1915)
  • Authors Roman Bold Condensed (1916)
• Talisman (1903, BB&S), later reissued as Rugged Bold.
  • Talisman Italic (1904, BB&S), later reissued as Rugged Bold Italic.
• Wedding Plate-Script (1904, BB&S later ATF)
• Stationers Semi-Script (1904, BB&S later ATF), a redesign of Inland Type Foundry's Palmer Series of 1899.
• French Plate Script (1904, BB&S later ATF), based on types cut by Fonderie Gustave Mayeur of Paris
• Mission (1904, BB&S later ATF), designed by Gaunt but patented by George Oswald Ottley.
• Barnhart Oldstyle series
  • Barnhart Oldstyle (1906, BB&S later ATF)
  • Barnhart Oldstyle Italic + Oldstyle No. 2 (1907, BB&S later ATF)
  • Barnhart Lightface (1914, BB&S)
• Adstyle series (BB&S later ATF)
  • Adstyle (1906)
  • Adstyle Black (1907–11)
  • Adstyle Condensed (1907–11)
  • Adstyle Extra Condensed (1907–11)
  • Adstyle Headletter (1907–11)
  • Adstyle Italic (1907–11)
  • Adstyle Wide (1907–11)
  • Adstyle Black Outline (1910)
  • Adstyle Lightface (1911)
  • Adstyle Shaded (1914)
• Old Roman series (BB&S later ATF), adapted from T.W. Smith's original design for H.W. Caslon & Company in England.
  • Old Roman Condensed (1907)
  • Old Roman Bold + Bold Condensed + Semitone (1908)
• Engravers Old Black (1910, BB&S) a knock-off of ATF's Engravers Old English.
• Cardstyle (1914, BB&S later ATF) Capitals and small caps only.
• Engravers Roman Shaded (1914, BB&S later ATF)
• Chester Text (1914, BB&S later ATF) Capitals and small caps only.
• Pencraft Oldstyle series (BB&S later ATF)
  • Pencraft Oldstyle + Italic (1914)
  • Pencraft Bold (1915)
  • Pencraft Shaded (1916)
• Publicity Gothic (1916, BB&S later ATF), later digitized by Fonts.Com and MyFonts.
• Pencraft Text (1916, BB&S later ATF)
• Parsons Swash Initials (BB&S), alternate characters for Will Ransom's Parsons series cut without Ransom's approval.

References

• MacGrew, Mac, "American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century," Oak Knoll Books, New Castle Delaware, 1993, ISBN 0-938768-34-4.

External links

• Digitized versions of his type from Myfonts
• Samples of his type faces from the Klingspor Museum