Monticello is a

typeface A typeface (or font family) is a design of Letter (alphabet), letters, Numerical digit, numbers and other symbols, to be used in printing or for electronic display. Most typefaces include variations in size (e.g., 24 point), weight (e.g., light, ...

, a transitional, based upon the Roman Pica no. 1 foundry type made by the American type foundry Binny & Ronaldson in the 1790s. It is considered the first typeface designed and manufactured in the United States. American Type Founders Co. issued a version, based on the original molds, named Oxford. In 1949, Linotype Corporation issued a Monticello typeface for hot metal machine composition for the published edition of The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. A digital version, also named Monticello, was issued in 2003 by

Matthew Carter Matthew Carter (born 1 October 1937) is an English type designer.A Man of Letters

for the Jefferson Papers. Jefferson knew and corresponded with James Ronaldson. "'Our Infant Manufactures': Early Typefounding in Philadelphia," by Jennifer B. Lee, Printing History: the Journal of the American Printing History Association, volume XI (1989) no. 2.

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Monticello Typeface
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