Description
China is a typeface project based on Authors Bold, originally designed by Sidney Gaunt for Barnhart Brothers & Spindler in 1902. This typeface, though historical, brings something new to the familiar Century Schoolbook-style genre we all know. With its distinctive half-circle serifs, it revives a forgotten warmth and energy. While many contemporary digital typefaces in this category remain solid but often dull, China reintroduces a long-lost personality. Digitally absent until now, it is finally available in its Condensed Bold form. The family is planned to expand into a superfamily with multiple weights and widths — Condensed, Normal, and Extended — reflecting the spirit of the original styles: Bold, Roman, Roman Italic, and Wide.
Information
Design
Year
Availability
Release
Styles
Files formats
Glyphs
Price
Alex Lescieux
2023
2024
2025
1
otf, ttf, woff, woff2
766
From 90€
OT Features
aalt
ccmp
locl
subs
sinf
sups
numr
dnom
frac
ordn
lnum
pnum
tnum
onum
case
liga
ss01
ss02
Access All Alternates
Composites
Localized Forms
Subscript
Scientific Inferiors
Superscript
Numerators
Denominators
Fractions
Ordinals
Lining Figures
Proportional Figures
Tabular Figures
Oldstyle Figures
Case-Sensitive Forms
Standard Ligatures
Circled Numbers
Black Circled Numbers
Languages
Acheron, Achinese, Acholi, Achuar-Shiwiar, Afar, Afrikaans, Aguaruna, Alekano, Aleut, Algonquin, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amis, Anaang, Andaandi, Anuta, Ao Naga, Apinayé, Aragonese, Arbëreshë Albanian, Arvanitika Albanian, Asháninka, Ashéninka Perené, Asturian, Asu (Tanzania), Aymara, Balinese, Banjar, Bari, Basque, Batak Dairi, Batak Karo, Batak Mandailing, Batak Simalungun, Batak Toba, Bemba (Zambia), Bena (Tanzania), Bini, Bislama, Bikol, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Bosnian, Breton, Buginese, Candoshi-Shapra, Caquinte, Caribbean Hindustani, Cashibo-Cacataibo, Cashinahua, Catalan, Cebuano, Central Aymara, Central Kurdish, Central Nahuatl, Chachi, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chiga, Chiltepec Chinantec, Chokwe, Chuukese, Cimbrian, Cofán, Congo Swahili, Cook Islands Māori, Cornish, Corsican, Creek, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dehu, Dutch, Eastern Arrernte, Eastern Oromo, Efik, Embu, English, Esperanto, Ese Ejja, Estonian, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Gagauz, Galician, Ganda, Garifuna, Ga’anda, German, Gheg Albanian, Gilbertese, Gooniyandi, Gourmanchéma, Guadeloupean Creole French, Guarani, Gusii, Haitian Creole, Hani, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Hiri Motu, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Huastec, Hungarian, Hän, Icelandic, Ido, Igbo, Iloko, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Interglossa, Interlingua, Interlingue, Irish, Istro-Romanian, Italian, Ixcatlán Mazatec, Jamaican Creole English, Javanese, Jola-Fonyi, K'iche', Kabuverdianu, Kaingang, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kamba (Kenya), Kaonde, Karbi, Karelian, Kashubian, Kekchí, Kenzi/Mattokki, Khasi, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kituba (DRC), Klingon, Kongo, Konzo, Kuanyama, Kven Finnish, Kwambi, Kölsch, Ladin, Ladino, Latin, Latgalian, Latvian, Limburgish, Ligurian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Lombard, Low German, Lower Sorbian, Luba-Lulua, Lule Sami, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Luxembourgish, Macedo-Romanian, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Manx, Maore Comorian, Māori, Mapudungun, Marshallese, Matsés, Mauritian Creole, Meriam Mir, Meru, Minangkabau, Mirandese, Mískito, Mohawk, Montenegrin, Munsee, Murrinh-Patha, Mwani, Naga Pidgin, Nauruan, Ndonga, Neapolitan, Ngazidja Comorian, Niuean, Nobiin, Nomatsiguenga, North Marquesan, North Ndebele, Northern Kurdish, Northern Qiandong Miao, Northern Sami, Northern Sotho, Northern Uzbek, Northwestern Ojibwa, Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Novial, Nyanja, Nyankole, Occitan, Ojitlán Chinantec, Old Prussian, Orma, Oromo, Oroqen, Palauan, Paluan, Pampanga, Papantla Totonac, Papiamento, Papiamento (Aruba), Papiamento (Curaçao), Pedi, Picard, Pichis Ashéninka, Piemontese, Pijin, Pintupi-Luritja, Pipil, Pohnpeian, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Purepecha, Páez, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Rotokas, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Samoan, Samogitian, Sango, Sangu (Tanzania), Sardinian, Saramaccan, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Seri, Seselwa Creole French, Shambala, Shawnee, Shipibo-Conibo, Shona, Shuar, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Soninke, Sorbian languages, South Marquesan, South Ndebele, Southern Aymara, Southern Qiandong Miao, Southern Sami, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sranan Tongo, Standard Estonian, Standard Latvian, Standard Malay, Sundanese, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Swiss German, Tagalog, Tahitian, Taita, Tedim Chin, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Tiv, Toba, Tok Pisin, Tokelau, Toki Pona, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Tonga (Zambia), Tosk Albanian, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Uab Meto, Umbundu, Ume Sami, Unami, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Upper Sorbian, Uzbek, Venetian, Veps, Volapük, Votic, Võro, Wallisian, Walloon, Walser, Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa, Waorani, Waray (Philippines), Warlpiri, Wayuu, Welsh, West Central Oromo, Western Abnaki, Western Frisian, Wik-Mungkan, Wiradjuri, Wolof, Xavánte, Xhosa, Yanesha', Yao, Yau, Yapese, Yindjibarndi, Yoruba, Yucateco, Zapotec, Záparo, Zhuang, Zulu
Unicode Blocks
Basic Latin
Latin-1 Supplement
Latin Extended-A
Legacy Character Sets
MacOS Roman (Standard Latin)
MacOS Central European Latin
MacOS Celtic
MacOS Croatian
MacOS Iceland
MacOS Romanian
MacOS Turkish
8859-1 Latin-1 Western European
8859-2 Latin-2 Central European
8859-3 Latin-3 South European
8859-4 Latin-4 North European
8859-9 Latin-5 Turkish
8859-10 Latin-6 Nordic
8859-13 Latin-7 Baltic Rim
8859-15 Latin-9
8859-16 Latin-10 South-Eastern European
MS Windows 1250 Central European Latin
MS Windows 1252 Western (Standard Latin)
MS Windows 1254 Turkish Latin
MS Windows 1257 Baltic Latin
Adobe Character Sets
Adobe Latin-1
Adobe Latin-2
Description
China is a typeface project based on Authors Bold, originally designed by Sidney Gaunt for Barnhart Brothers & Spindler in 1902. This typeface, though historical, brings something new to the familiar Century Schoolbook-style genre we all know. With its distinctive half-circle serifs, it revives a forgotten warmth and energy. While many contemporary digital typefaces in this category remain solid but often dull, China reintroduces a long-lost personality. Digitally absent until now, it is finally available in its Condensed Bold form. The family is planned to expand into a superfamily with multiple weights and widths — Condensed, Normal, and Extended — reflecting the spirit of the original styles: Bold, Roman, Roman Italic, and Wide.
Information
Design
Year
Availability
Release
Styles
Files formats
Glyphs
Price
Alex Lescieux
2023
2024
2025
1
otf, ttf, woff, woff2
766
From 90€
OT Features
aalt
ccmp
locl
subs
sinf
sups
numr
dnom
frac
ordn
lnum
pnum
tnum
onum
case
liga
ss01
ss02
Access All Alternates
Composites
Localized Forms
Subscript
Scientific Inferiors
Superscript
Numerators
Denominators
Fractions
Ordinals
Lining Figures
Proportional Figures
Tabular Figures
Oldstyle Figures
Case-Sensitive Forms
Standard Ligatures
Circled Numbers
Black Circled Numbers
Languages
Acheron, Achinese, Acholi, Achuar-Shiwiar, Afar, Afrikaans, Aguaruna, Alekano, Aleut, Algonquin, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amis, Anaang, Andaandi, Anuta, Ao Naga, Apinayé, Aragonese, Arbëreshë Albanian, Arvanitika Albanian, Asháninka, Ashéninka Perené, Asturian, Asu (Tanzania), Aymara, Balinese, Banjar, Bari, Basque, Batak Dairi, Batak Karo, Batak Mandailing, Batak Simalungun, Batak Toba, Bemba (Zambia), Bena (Tanzania), Bini, Bislama, Bikol, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Bosnian, Breton, Buginese, Candoshi-Shapra, Caquinte, Caribbean Hindustani, Cashibo-Cacataibo, Cashinahua, Catalan, Cebuano, Central Aymara, Central Kurdish, Central Nahuatl, Chachi, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chiga, Chiltepec Chinantec, Chokwe, Chuukese, Cimbrian, Cofán, Congo Swahili, Cook Islands Māori, Cornish, Corsican, Creek, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dehu, Dutch, Eastern Arrernte, Eastern Oromo, Efik, Embu, English, Esperanto, Ese Ejja, Estonian, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Gagauz, Galician, Ganda, Garifuna, Ga’anda, German, Gheg Albanian, Gilbertese, Gooniyandi, Gourmanchéma, Guadeloupean Creole French, Guarani, Gusii, Haitian Creole, Hani, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Hiri Motu, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Huastec, Hungarian, Hän, Icelandic, Ido, Igbo, Iloko, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Interglossa, Interlingua, Interlingue, Irish, Istro-Romanian, Italian, Ixcatlán Mazatec, Jamaican Creole English, Javanese, Jola-Fonyi, K'iche', Kabuverdianu, Kaingang, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kamba (Kenya), Kaonde, Karbi, Karelian, Kashubian, Kekchí, Kenzi/Mattokki, Khasi, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kituba (DRC), Klingon, Kongo, Konzo, Kuanyama, Kven Finnish, Kwambi, Kölsch, Ladin, Ladino, Latin, Latgalian, Latvian, Limburgish, Ligurian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Lombard, Low German, Lower Sorbian, Luba-Lulua, Lule Sami, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Luxembourgish, Macedo-Romanian, Malagasy, Malay, Maltese, Mandinka, Mandjak, Mankanya, Manx, Maore Comorian, Māori, Mapudungun, Marshallese, Matsés, Mauritian Creole, Meriam Mir, Meru, Minangkabau, Mirandese, Mískito, Mohawk, Montenegrin, Munsee, Murrinh-Patha, Mwani, Naga Pidgin, Nauruan, Ndonga, Neapolitan, Ngazidja Comorian, Niuean, Nobiin, Nomatsiguenga, North Marquesan, North Ndebele, Northern Kurdish, Northern Qiandong Miao, Northern Sami, Northern Sotho, Northern Uzbek, Northwestern Ojibwa, Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Novial, Nyanja, Nyankole, Occitan, Ojitlán Chinantec, Old Prussian, Orma, Oromo, Oroqen, Palauan, Paluan, Pampanga, Papantla Totonac, Papiamento, Papiamento (Aruba), Papiamento (Curaçao), Pedi, Picard, Pichis Ashéninka, Piemontese, Pijin, Pintupi-Luritja, Pipil, Pohnpeian, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Purepecha, Páez, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Rotokas, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Samoan, Samogitian, Sango, Sangu (Tanzania), Sardinian, Saramaccan, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Seri, Seselwa Creole French, Shambala, Shawnee, Shipibo-Conibo, Shona, Shuar, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Soninke, Sorbian languages, South Marquesan, South Ndebele, Southern Aymara, Southern Qiandong Miao, Southern Sami, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sranan Tongo, Standard Estonian, Standard Latvian, Standard Malay, Sundanese, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Swiss German, Tagalog, Tahitian, Taita, Tedim Chin, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Tiv, Toba, Tok Pisin, Tokelau, Toki Pona, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Tonga (Zambia), Tosk Albanian, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Uab Meto, Umbundu, Ume Sami, Unami, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Upper Sorbian, Uzbek, Venetian, Veps, Volapük, Votic, Võro, Wallisian, Walloon, Walser, Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa, Waorani, Waray (Philippines), Warlpiri, Wayuu, Welsh, West Central Oromo, Western Abnaki, Western Frisian, Wik-Mungkan, Wiradjuri, Wolof, Xavánte, Xhosa, Yanesha', Yao, Yau, Yapese, Yindjibarndi, Yoruba, Yucateco, Zapotec, Záparo, Zhuang, Zulu
Unicode Blocks
Basic Latin
Latin-1 Supplement
Latin Extended-A
Legacy Character Sets
MacOS Roman (Standard Latin)
MacOS Central European Latin
MacOS Celtic
MacOS Croatian
MacOS Iceland
MacOS Romanian
MacOS Turkish
8859-1 Latin-1 Western European
8859-2 Latin-2 Central European
8859-3 Latin-3 South European
8859-4 Latin-4 North European
8859-9 Latin-5 Turkish
8859-10 Latin-6 Nordic
8859-13 Latin-7 Baltic Rim
8859-15 Latin-9
8859-16 Latin-10 South-Eastern European
MS Windows 1250 Central European Latin
MS Windows 1252 Western (Standard Latin)
MS Windows 1254 Turkish Latin
MS Windows 1257 Baltic Latin
Adobe Character Sets
Adobe Latin-1
Adobe Latin-2