Chaos ren, designed by Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent of Monotype Typography, is a free decorative display font built from dramatically disrupted serif forms. Classical thick-and-thin strokes remain visible beneath the collisions, stretched curves, and sudden shifts in scale. Nothing lands predictably.
Posters and album artwork can use this unruly construction for experimental music, surreal comedy, fashion graphics, and event promotions. The recurring overlaps and stray ornaments make the lettering part of the image, especially for themes of chaos or visual mischief.
Monotype:Times New Roman Regular:Version 2.96 (Microsoft)
Nome completo del font
Chaos ren
Nome tabella versione
Version 2.97
Postscript nome del font
Renegade15
Fabbricante
Monotype Typography
Progettista
Monotype Type Drawing Office - Stanley Morison, Victor Lardent 1932
Descrizione
This remarkable typeface first appeared in 1932 in The Times of London newspaper, for which it was designed. It has subsequently become one of the worlds most successful type creations. The original drawings were made under Stanley Morison's direction by Victor Lardent at The Times. It then went through an extensive iterative process involving further work in Monotype's Type Drawing Office. Based on experiments Morison had conducted using Perpetua and Plantin, it has many old style characteristics but was adapted to give excellent legibility coupled with good economy. Widely used in books and magazines, for reports, office documents and also for display and advertising.
Informazioni estese sul font
Piattaforme supportate
PiattaformaCodifica
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 e poi semantica, unicode BMP solo
MacintoshRomano
MicrosoftUnicode BMP solo
Dettagli del font
Creato1990-08-06
Revisione2
Numero di glifi1320
Unità per em2048
Diritti di incorporamentoIncorporamento per l'installazione permanente