The typeface was designed after seeing a photocopy of some News Gothic text where the ink had faded on the bottom of each character. As character recognition is generally based on the top half of a character, readability was never compromised. Rather like Antique Olive the characters have a top heavy look when viewed straight on, however, as most type is read at an angle with the top further away than the bottom this top heavy look is diminished.
The ALAN MEEKS.COM typeface foundry was founded in 2008, since then it has been responsible for 25 faces including all genres of design sans, roman, script, decorative etc. and have sold extensively throughout the world. I work alone so all of the design, production and font making is done by me with the exception of “Independence Script,’ which was a collaboration with top British calligrapher Satwinder Sehmi. Each font is based on the standard 250 character set with occasional alternatives and, often, non ranging numerals. All fonts are available from most font manufacturers and myself.
As with everything from Adobe Fonts, you can use these fonts for:
Design Projects
Create images or vector artwork, including logos
Website Publishing
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PDFs
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How to Use
You may encounter slight variations in the name of this font, depending on where you use it. Here’s what to look for.
Desktop
In application font menus, this font will display:
Chalfont LightWeb
To use this font on your website, use the following CSS:
font-family: chalfont, sans-serif;
font-style: italicnormal;
font-weight: 300;
Glyph Support & Stylistic Filters
Fonts in the Adobe Fonts library include support for many different languages, OpenType features, and typographic styles.