Final Type Specimen _HUllpages

2011
Book
Mania
1858

Bookmania
Created by
Mark Samson
2011

SPECIMEN BOOK
Designed by
Bryanna Hull
2022

ContentS

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History
Variations
Characteristics
Old vs New Style
Font in Use
Font Pairing
Colophon

HISTORY
of BooKmania
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est. 2011
Bookmania was designed by Mark Simonson in
2011, a revival of the 1960’s Bookman Oldstyle.
Bookman Oldstyle started development in 1858
when A.C. Phemister created Antique Old Style
No.7. This typeface came about from Old Style
Antique #310 made by Bruce Foundry, which later
was renamed Bookman Oldstyle. This font contains
682 alternative characters with sweeping curves. It
as well provides alternative characters for letters
like “g” with a closed counter and a closed “a”.
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VARIA
Bookmania
BLACK
Bookmania
BLACK ITALIC
Bookmania
BOLD ITALIC
Bookmania
BOLD
Bookmania
SEMIBOLD

TIONS
Bookmania
SEMIBOLD ITALIC
Bookmania
REGULAR
Bookmania
REGULAR ITALIC
Bookmania
LIGHT ITALIC
Bookmania
LIGHT
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CHARACTE
Swashes
MaRk SAmSoN
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&Ligatures
fbfffhfiſkſiſh

RISTICS
Wavy crossbar
AEF
&
Jenson e
eæèéëėǽœ
small caps
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THE OLD
VS
A
а
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Á Ğ
BOOKMAN
OLDSTYLE
g
G
ä ģ

THE NEW
G
AA
gg
BOOKMANIA
a a
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USA
C alifornia
Mary
& the
Giant
Madhappy
Chocolate
Coffee
Pistachio
Thank You for
Shopping
With uS!
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Our
Tıme

GE
FRNCE
Theory
The New York Times
Me Before You
virid
N EW YORK STRIP
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Pair
Bookmania
Tablet Gothic Wide
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e fg h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w x y z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9..& & & # % $ . , : ; ' " * @ ! ? ( ) [ ] { } -
Bookmania
Superclarendon
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e fg h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w x y z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9..& & & # % $ . , : ; ' "
* @ ! ? ( ) [ ] { } -
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ings
Bookmania
Aktiv Grotesque
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e fg h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w x y z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9..& & & # % $ . , : ; ' "
* @ ! ? ( ) [ ] { } -
Bookmania
Bio Sans
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e fg h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w x y z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9..& & & # % $ . , : ; ' " *
@ ! ? ( ) [ ] { } -
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Colophon

This book was designed by
Bryanna Hull for the Typographic
Design class at Syracuse University.
Bookmania is a beautiful font
with many swashes and glyphs
associated with it. It was designed
in November 2022 including the
before of Bookman Oldstyle.

OUTWITH
THE OLD
IN WITH
THEN EW