Cartier (typeface)

Cartier is a family of serif old style typefaces designed by Carl Dair in 1967, who was commissioned by the Governor General of Canada-in-Council to create a new and distinctively Canadian typeface. The first proof of Cartier (in Roman and Italic faces) was published as "the first Canadian type for text composition" to mark the centenary of Canadian Confederation.[1]

Cartier
CategorySerif
ClassificationOld Style
Designer(s)Carl Dair
Rod McDonald (digital redesign)
FoundryMono Lino
Monotype
VariationsRaleigh
Cartier Book

In 1977 a revival of Cartier was produced under the name Raleigh by Robert Norton.

This typeface was later redesigned by Canadian typographer Rod McDonald in a digital format. McDonald's Cartier family removed inconsistencies in the baseline weight, and streamlined the stroke angles to enforce a strong horizontal flow.[2] His work was a form of homage to the validity of Dair's original design, which was incomplete and plagued with weight, stroke, and grid issues because Dair insisted that the type foundry not refine the face.[3]

References
  1. The Canadian Encyclopedia Archived July 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Allan Haley, "Rod McDonald, Canada's Typographer Laureate", Step Inside Design (January/February 2006).
  3. Sara Curtis, "Rod McDonald and Carl Dair", Applied Arts (November/December 1999). Retrieved August 25, 2013.


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