Huxley Variations

[hrant]

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Are there any fonts in the genre of Huxley but wide & short?

hhp

[Riccardo Sartori]

Not that I know of.
But I suppose you could pick one of these and add the frills:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typeinnovations/scion/
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/canadatype/miedinger/
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paragraph/stretch/

[HVB]

Treacyfaces has both Huxley High and Huxley Low - but I can't tell the difference between them!

[Ryan Maelhorn]

Estilo?

[Riccardo Sartori]

Treacyfaces has both Huxley High and Huxley Low - but I can't tell the difference between them!

It's referred to the "waist" (crossbar of E, curve of S, etc.).

[hrant]

So who owns Huxley?

hhp

[Riccardo Sartori]

who owns Huxley?

Kingsley/ATF, apparently:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/huxley-vertical/

[hrant]

Does that now mean nobody? Not an instance of it, I mean
the idea (even though there would be no US protection for that).

hhp

[kentlew]

The "idea" of it?! The heirs of Walter Huxley, I suppose?

[hrant]

:-/
OK, I guess I'm OK doing my own version. In case
you're wondering what-the-hell-is-he-thinking: the
other day it hit me that it evokes Armenian (thanks
to its basis on the arch shape), and if it was extended
with the Armenian alphabet...

One resultant question: would anybody hazard a
guess as to which version is the most widespread?

hhp

[Riccardo Sartori]

Not absolutely indicative, but, here’s a list sorted by number of sales:
http://www.myfonts.com/search/huxley/fonts/?sort=sales

[hrant]

Hey, I didn't know you could do that! Cool. And thanks.

hhp

[5star]

There seems to be tons of Huxley's free up for grabs wide across the interwebs. So who knows which cut has become Huxley for the commoner.

The only cut I enjoy is the one with the original capital k - Huxley Vertical D

The only reason I call it the 'original' is because that is one featured in my sample book from '74.