Bell MT font family

Overview

The original of this face was made 200 years ago and is thought by some to mark the introduction of the "modern" faces. It was made for Bell's Type Foundry by Richard Austin at about the time that the face we now know as Firmin Didot also appeared. Bell did not have a bold weight at that time. This new TrueType version, made in 1992 by Monotype Typography, tries to emulate the roughness that they imagine characterized typefounding in the 1780s. The metal version was a favorite of many designers who used it to bring some character to the text they were printing.

	Description
File name	Bell.ttf Bellb.ttf Belli.ttf
Styles & Weights	Bell MT Bell MT Bold Bell MT Italic
Designers	Monotype Type Drawing Office
Copyright	Typeface © The Monotype Corporation plc. Data © The Monotype Corporation plc, Type Solutions Inc 1990-1992. All rights reserved.
Font vendor	Agfa Monotype Corporation
Script Tags	N/A
Code pages	1252 Latin 1 Mac Roman Macintosh Character Set (US Roman)
Fixed pitch	False

Licensing and redistribution info

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Products that supply this font

This typeface is available within Office applications. For more information visit this page.

Style & weight examples

Bell MT

Bell MT Bold

Bell MT Italic