Typophile

Lydian: the renditions

Stefan Miklos

Warren Chappell used to conceive the font Lydian in 1938 for ATF but the digital version doesn't recapture the exact design, especially the capital A that features a cross bar and the original italic used old-style figures for numerals. Do you know the reason why Monotype doesn't offer the alternate capitals and numerals? Thank you.

Easy access to alts is recent + Lydian isn't popular any more.

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