The ornamental variant of the 7-member Greco
family by Gans. Greco was sold by Stephens, Shanks &
Sons as Bristol, with the ornamented cut named
Rosart.
Digital versions include Greco Deco Inline (Lazy
Dog Foundry, 1992), Bristol (GroupType, 1996, initially
released as Greco Adornado and Solid;
used for this sample) and Nick Curtis’s Melina
(Bitstream, 1990) which adds a lowercase. Ramona (WSI,
1992) is a poor rendition with a lowercase that appears to be
derived from Goudy. Greko Deco (Dave
Fabik, 1992, free for non-commercial use) is an autotraced version
based on a showing in a Dover clipart More…
The ornamental variant of the 7-member Greco family by Gans. Greco was sold by Stephens, Shanks & Sons as Bristol, with the ornamented cut named Rosart.
Digital versions include Greco Deco Inline (Lazy Dog Foundry, 1992), Bristol (GroupType, 1996, initially released as Greco Adornado and Solid; used for this sample) and Nick Curtis’s Melina (Bitstream, 1990) which adds a lowercase. Ramona (WSI, 1992) is a poor rendition with a lowercase that appears to be derived from Goudy. Greko Deco (Dave Fabik, 1992, free for non-commercial use) is an autotraced version based on a showing in a Dover clipart book, with limited character set (no lowercase, but faux small caps), and later extended with a solid version.
