Monotype Non-Latin Faces

The following table lists all the Non-Latin faces issued by the Monotype Corporation in the U.K., as far as has been possible to establish. The point sizes and set widths are shown, where a Specimen Sheet of the face has been consulted. The date of issue of the Sheet is shown in the Date column, and shown as n.d. if no date was given on the Sheet. Faces where no Specimen Sheet has yet been encountered are also listed, but with no point or set sizes shown. One or two Sheets were amended (in red) to show an additional size was available, but the set widths were not given. These are shown as ?. The set widths relate to composition sizes of matrix, display sizes record the individual set width on each matrix, rather than a set for the fount, and these are shown as †. Note that no Non-Latin faces appear to have been issued in 5pt, 7pt, 8pt, 9pt, 10pt, 13pt, 22pt, 28pt or 54pt. Didot sizes are shown as e.g. 6D. and usually cast on the next point size up (unless a Didot mould was available).

SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
11Grotesque Bold Condensed (Cyrillic)Withdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.11Grotesque Bold Condensed (Cyrillic)
17Cushing (Cyrillic)Withdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located17Cushing (Cyrillic)
27Neo Didot (Russian)7¾99¾10½12½5-6127Neo Didot (Russian)
33Grotesque Condensed (Russian)6¾8½9¾11½†††††††5-6133Grotesque Condensed (Russian)
39Modern Condensed (Russian)6½89½11½4-6139Modern Condensed (Russian)
42Albion (Russian)7¾99¾10½12½6-6142Albion (Russian)
44French Round Face (Russian)7¾9¾11134-6144French Round Face (Russian)
51Grotesque (Russian)7¾9½11½15½†††††††5-6151Grotesque (Russian)
Albion (Russian)8¼9½11½5-6163Albion (Russian)
68French Old Style (Russian)7½8¾10¼12¼5-6168French Old Style (Russian)
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
69French Old Style Bold (Russian)7½8¾10¼12¼†††††††††5-6169French Old Style Bold (Russian)
70Albion (Russian)7¾9¾11135-6170Albion (Russian)
75Modern Wide (Cyrillic)Withdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.75Modern Wide (Cyrillic)
77Modern Extended (Cyrillic)Withdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.77Modern Extended (Cyrillic)
90Greek: Upright7½899¾10½12½4-7190Greek: Upright
91Greek: Inclined6¾8¼99¾10½12½2-6691Greek: Inclined
92Greek: Bold Upright6¾99¾10½12½4-6292Greek: Bold Upright
96Gothic (Russian)Withdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.96Gothic (Russian)
97Grotesque Bold (Cyrillic)Withdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.97Grotesque Bold (Cyrillic)
106Greek: Porson6½88¾9¾10½123-69106Greek: Porson
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
113Plantin Light (Russian)78½1011¾††††††††5-61113Plantin Light (Russian)
120Bodoni Ultra Bold (Cyrillic)††††††7-64120Bodoni Ultra Bold (Cyrillic)
155Devanagari7½910½12††††8-75155Devanagari
166Grotesque Bold Condensed (Cyrillic)†††††††††5-65166Grotesque Bold Condensed (Cyrillic)
169Baskerville (Russian)910¾†††5-61169Baskerville (Russian)
192Greek: New Hellenic7¼8¾9¾10½12†3-69192Greek: New Hellenic
194Plantin Bold (Russian)78½9½11¾††††††††5-61194Plantin Bold (Russian)
201Garamond Bold (Cyrillic)†††6-65201Garamond Bold (Cyrillic)
217Hebrew: Peninim Pointed55½711-72217Hebrew: Peninim Pointed
218Hebrew: Sonzino7½10†3-63218Hebrew: Sonzino
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
219Hebrew: Ashurith7¼n.d.219Hebrew: Ashurith
220Hebrew: Peninim55½7¼†††7-75220Hebrew: Peninim
221Hebrew: Levênim7¼4-77221Hebrew: Levênim
222Hebrew7774-77222Hebrew
228Hebrew: Rabbinic6½74-77228Hebrew: Rabbinic
233Gill Sans Cameo (Cyrillic)†4-65233Gill Sans Cameo (Cyrillic)
259Greek: Antigone9¼5-68259Greek: Antigone
260Bodoni Bold (Cyrillic)††††††††9-64260Bodoni Bold (Cyrillic)
262Gill Sans (Cyrillic)6½899½10¼11¼††††††1-61262Gill Sans (Cyrillic)
275Gill Sans Bold (Cyrillic)6½899½10¼11¼††††††1-61275Gill Sans Bold (Cyrillic)
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
280Tamil12151-64280Tamil
283Greek: PerpetuaWithdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.283Greek: Perpetua
327Times New Roman (Cyrillic)6¾7¾8¼99¾12†††††††††10-60327Times New Roman (Cyrillic)
334Times Bold (Cyrillic)6¾7¾8¼99¾12†††††††††10-60334Times Bold (Cyrillic)
340Tamil Bold1215††††1-66340Tamil Bold
346Devanagari Bold7½910½12††††10-75346Devanagari Bold
362Gill Sans Light (Cyrillic)6½89½11¼††††††1-61362Gill Sans Light (Cyrillic)
370Bembo Titling (Cyrillic)††5-65370Bembo Titling (Cyrillic)
373Gill Sans Bold Condensed Titling (Cyrillic)††††††5-65373Gill Sans Bold Condensed Titling (Cyrillic)
383Grotesque Condensed (Russian)5678††††††††5-61383Grotesque Condensed (Russian)
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
404Greek: Porson CondensedWithdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.404Greek: Porson Condensed
460Gujerathi7½910½7-71460Gujerathi
470Bengali7½910½5-65470Bengali
472Greek: Inclined8½9¼9¾10½12-70472Greek: Inclined
473GreekWithdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.473Greek
485Gill Sans Condensed (Cyrillic)†††††5-65485Gill Sans Condensed (Cyrillic)
486Greek: Sans Serif89¾2-69486Greek: Sans Serif
487Hebrew: GillWithdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.487Hebrew: Gill
488Hebrew: Mayer PointedListed 11-70 in Specimen Book, but Specimen Sheet missing and copy not yet located.488Hebrew: Mayer Pointed
489Hebrew: PeninimListed 11-70 in Specimen Book, but Specimen Sheet missing and copy not yet located.489Hebrew: Peninim
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
492Hebrew: MayerListed 11-70 in Specimen Book, but Specimen Sheet missing and copy not yet located.492Hebrew: Mayer
506Placard Bold Condensed (Cyrillic)††††††††11-68506Placard Bold Condensed (Cyrillic)
507Urdu10¼1314¾175-73507Urdu
515Placard Bold Condensed (Cyrillic)††††11-68515Placard Bold Condensed (Cyrillic)
518Gujerathi Bold7½910½††††3-71518Gujerathi Bold
522Placard Condensed Titling (Cyrillic)†4-65522Placard Condensed Titling (Cyrillic)
529Bodoni Bold Condensed (Cyrillic)†††††7-64529Bodoni Bold Condensed (Cyrillic)
539Georgian LightListed 11-70 in Specimen Book, but Specimen Sheet missing and copy not yet located.539Georgian Light
540Georgian BoldListed 11-70 in Specimen Book, but Specimen Sheet missing and copy not yet located.540Georgian Bold
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
547Hebrew: Schocken No.1Withdrawn in 1974. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.547Hebrew: Schocken No.1
549Arabic Naskh9¼11½11½11½13¼16½†††5-72549Arabic Naskh
550Hebrew: Schocken No.2Withdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.550Hebrew: Schocken No.2
551Hebrew: Schocken No.3Withdrawn in 1967. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.551Hebrew: Schocken No.3
553Greek: Old Style Bold Inclined9¼10½2-69553Greek: Old Style Bold Inclined
557Sinhalese7¾9¼11131-64557Sinhalese
558Burmese Light910½1212¾5-64558Burmese Light
559Arabic Solloss†11-63559Arabic Solloss
564Syriac 'Estrangelo'8¾10¾12-65564Syriac 'Estrangelo'
565Greek: Times Upright6¾7¾8¼99¾10½12†††††5-74565Greek: Times Upright
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
566Greek: Times Inclined6¾7¾8¼99¾10½12†††††5-74566Greek: Times Inclined
567Greek: Times Bold Upright6¾8¼9¾12†††††10-67567Greek: Times Bold Upright
568Placard Condensed (Cyrillic)††††††††6-65568Placard Condensed (Cyrillic)
571Greek: Gill Sans Inclined89½10¼11¼†††††1-60571Greek: Gill Sans Inclined
572Greek: Gill Sans Upright89½10¼11¼†††††1-60572Greek: Gill Sans Upright
577Thai9?1213½4-63577Thai
578Burmese Bold910½1212¾5-64578Burmese Bold
580Tamil Medium9¾1112½13½14¾††††8-70580Tamil Medium
585Greek: Gill Sans Condensed†††††9-64585Greek: Gill Sans Condensed
587Georgian8¾10¾7-72587Georgian
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
588Kannada9¾11½13¾15¾††9-69588Kannada
589Arabic Naskh Accented13¼16½3-73589Arabic Naskh Accented
590Malayalam9¾11½14¾7-75590Malayalam
597Old Bulgarian9½11¾5-65597Old Bulgarian
598Glagolitic11¾ 5-65598Glagolitic
599Amharic?9¼?11¾†9-66599Amharic
601Gurmukhi Bold?910½12 4-63601Gurmukhi Bold
604Gurmukhi?910½12 4-63604Gurmukhi
605Greek: Placard Light Extra Condensed†††††9-64605Greek: Placard Light Extra Condensed
608Thai Light8½?11½12¾4-63608Thai Light
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
609Louvain CopticListed 11-70 in Specimen Book, but Specimen Sheet missing and copy not yet located.609Louvain Coptic
611Thai Bold9?1213½4-63611Thai Bold
621Thai Medium910¼††††4-71621Thai Medium
624Amharic104-63624Amharic
625Greek: Gill Sans Bold Upright89½10¼11¼†††††1-60625Greek: Gill Sans Bold Upright
626Telugu Medium1214163-71626Telugu Medium
628Thai Light Italic11½12¾2-63628Thai Light Italic
638Armenian8¼10¼12½4-63638Armenian
649Arabic Naskh Bold?11½11½11½13¼16½††††††7-69649Arabic Naskh Bold
657Sinhalese Bold7¾9¼11131-64657Sinhalese Bold
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
660Malayalam117-75660Malayalam
667Greek: Times Bold Inclined6¾8¼9¾12†††††10-67667Greek: Times Bold Inclined
668Greek: Placard Condensed Upright††††††7-64668Greek: Placard Condensed Upright
672Greek: Gill Sans Light Upright6½89½11¼†††††9-64672Greek: Gill Sans Light Upright
683Greek: Grotesque Condensed Upright†††††7-64683Greek: Grotesque Condensed Upright
698Sinhalese Italic7¾9¼1111-67699698Sinhalese Italic
Sinhalese Bold Italic7¾9¼1111-67699Sinhalese Bold Italic
700Bengali7½910½11-67700Bengali
701Bengali Bold7½910½11-67701Bengali Bold
704Gujerathi7½910½7-71704Gujerathi
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
706Oriya910½3-70706Oriya
707Urdu Bold10¼1314¾17†††††5-73707Urdu Bold
708Tamil Medium9¾1112½13½14¾174-74708Tamil Medium
718Greek: Grotesque Condensed Upright†††††7-64718Greek: Grotesque Condensed Upright
721Farsi10¾13††††3-70721Farsi
726Telugu Bold†††3-71726Telugu Bold
739Greek: Spartan Light Upright7116-65739Greek: Spartan Light Upright
740Greek: Spartan Upright7116-65740Greek: Spartan Upright
741Greek: Spartan Bold Upright7126-65741Greek: Spartan Bold Upright
742Vijapure DevanagariReleased in 1972. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.742Vijapure Devanagari
SeriesName5½66D6½788D99D1010D111212D131414D1616D1818D2020D2424D28D3030D3636D4242D4848D54D6060D72Date of sheetSeriesName
743Vijapure Devanagari BoldReleased in 1972. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.743Vijapure Devanagari Bold
755Devanagari Italic7½910½12††††4-71755Devanagari Italic
787Kannada Semi-Bold9¾11½9-69787Kannada Semi-Bold
788Kannada Bold9¾11½9-69788Kannada Bold
885Greek: SpecialNo information, but exists in 7D. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.885Greek: Special
889Greek: Univers Medium Upright9½11¼137-72889Greek: Univers Medium Upright
893Greek: Univers Bold Upright9½11¼137-72893Greek: Univers Bold Upright
897Greek: SpecialNo information, but exists in 7D. Copy of Specimen Sheet not yet located.897Greek: Special
989Greek: Univers Medium Inclined9½11¼137-72989Greek: Univers Medium Inclined


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This page was written in 2016 by David Bolton and last updated 2 October 2020.