| Date: 1991
Designer:
Peter Matthias Noordzij
Foundry:
Linotype / Monotype
Location:
The Hague, Holland
Current equivalent:
PMN Caecilia
See also:
Linotype Serifa and Glypha by Adrian Frutiger
Technologies:
Postscript | | | Design history:
A monotone slab serif text face in a range of four weights, with matching italics, non-lining numerals and small caps, this type began as the graduation project of Peter Matthias Noordzij, now better known as proprietor of the Enschedé Type Foundry. Described by Robert Bringhurst as a neohumanist slab serif, its construction uses forms that originate with writing, (although the serif shape does not) and thus the face embodies the 'new Dutch' type design theories of Peter Matthias' father, Gerrit Noordzij, a noted calligrapher, teacher and writer. Caecilia is a rational and sturdy typeface that also works well at low resolutions, such as office laserprinters. | |  |
