The Amethyst family
of types is a complete series, well suited to the setting of
bookwork or advertising text and display. The family consists
of four weights: Light, Regular, Book and Bold. Each weight
includes Roman, Italic, Small Caps, Italic Small Caps, Swash
Italic, Swash Italic Small Caps, plus Swashed Small Capitals
(for restrained application by the font user).
Amethyst Book has been made just slightly heavier than Amethyst
Light. Like the lighter weight, it carries all of the same characters,
including two styles of figures and a complete suite of ligatures.
This version reverses well and has been printed letterpress
with fine results. Its italic has been made at the same slight
angle as the lightface it blends well with the Roman, but is
strong enough to create an emphasis in the text.
For the purpose of advertising, a good type group needs a bold
face. The Amethyst family is complete with a full complement
of bold variants. This includes, as well as a Roman font; Italic,
Roman Small Caps, Italic Small Caps, and Italic Swash Small
Caps. In addition, there is a font of fully swashed Italic Small
Caps as a sorts font for judicious use by the adventurous typographer,
keeping in mind all the while, that a little bit goes a long
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