ATF rapidly expanded it into a very large family, first by Linn Boyd, and later by his son Morris.Ĭentury is based on the "Scotch" genre, a style of type of British origin which had been popular in the United States from the early nineteenth century and is part of the "Didone" genre of type popular through the entire nineteenth century. The family originates from a first design, Century Roman, cut by American Type Founders designer Linn Boyd Benton in 1894 for master printer Theodore Low De Vinne, for use in The Century Magazine. Century Expanded, Century Schoolbook, Century Old Style, Century CatalogueĬentury is a family of serif type faces particularly intended for body text.
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