Footlight (typeface) explained

Footlight
Style:	Serif
Foundry:	Monotype Corporation
Creator:	Ong Chong Wah
Releasedate:	1986

Footlight is a serif typeface designed by Malaysian type designer Ong Chong Wah in 1986^[1] for the Monotype Corporation.^{[2] [3]} Footlight is an irregular design. It is sold in weights from light to extra-bold with matching italics. It was originally designed as an italic font, a roman version was later made.^[4]

Footlight MT

A version of Footlight's light style called "Footlight MT" (without italic) has been bundled with some Microsoft software.^[5]

Distribution

It has been distributed in the following products:

• Access 97 SR2
• Office 2000 Premium
• Office 2007
• Office 2007 Professional Edition
• Office 2010
• Office 4.3 Professional
• Office 97 Small Business Edition SR2
• Office 97 SR1a
• Office Professional Edition 2003
• PhotoDraw 2000
• Picture It! 2000
• Picture It! 2002
• Picture It! 98
• Publisher 2000
• Publisher 2007
• Publisher 97
• Publisher 98
• Windows Small Business Server 2003

Unicode

Footlight MT has support for the following Unicode blocks:

• Basic Latin
• Latin-1 Supplement

External links

• Microsoft Typography - Footlight MT
• Microsoft Typography - Footlight MT Light - Version 1.51
• Monotype's page for the entire Footlight family
• Identifont - Footlight

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ong Chong Wah. Devroye. Luc. Luc Devroye. luc.devroye.org. 2019-02-11.
2. Web site: F Monotype. www.monotype.com. 2019-02-11. 2019-02-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070611/https://www.monotype.com/legal/trademarks/f/. dead.
3. Perfect, Christopher, Gordon Rookledge, Phil Baines, Rookledge's Classic International Typefinder, Lawrence King Publishing, London, 2004,, p. 78-79.
4. Web site: Footlight® font family Linotype.com. www.linotype.com. 2019-02-11.
5. Web site: Footlight MT font family - Typography. Jacobs. Mike. 20 October 2017. docs.microsoft.com. Microsoft. en-us. 2019-02-11.