Grad

Grad (2004) was designed by veteran type designer Phil Martin, creator of over 400 typefaces from the late '60s through the '80s mainly for film headline setters.

Phil Martin created Grad as a redesign of the classic Century Schoolboook for his personal use in the early '90s. Phil made design changes, some subtle and some obvious. He also added new features like small caps, old style figures, ligatures, and swash capitals.

For ten years, Grad was trapped inside Phil's old DOS computer in an obsolete font format. Working from laserprints provided by Phil and specimens of the original ATF Century Schoolbook, I brought Grad into the 21st century as a family of three feature-rich OpenType fonts.

OpenType Features Supported: Small Caps, Old Style Numbers, Ligatures, Discretionary Ligatures, Swash Alternates (except for Bold), Ornaments (4 total).

Type Specimen PDF:
Grad Family

Read my interview with Phil Martin on Typographica

Ordering Info

Grad is available for download at the following vendors:

MyFonts.com

FontShop

Veer

Prices start at US$29 for single fonts with the basic 5-user license. Multi-font packages and other licensing options are available. Single fonts not available from some vendors. Prices may vary. See individual vendors for more information.

Grad is available in OpenType format, which is compatible with both Macintosh and Windows. For information about OpenType fonts see the OpenType F.A.Q.

Read the Font Ordering F.A.Q. for more details about ordering fonts.

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