Centaur® Expert Package

The Centaur Expert font contains a suite of expert characters to complement the Centaur family. The Centaur font family is ideal for setting text in prestigious works and for display and headlines where the beauty of the letter forms can be appreciated. Centaur roman must stand as one of the finest typefaces to have been derived from the fifteenth century letter of Nicolas Jenson. Like Jenson's roman, it owes much to the pen drawn letter, particularly in the lowercase. Centaur italic, matching the roman in elegance, was designed by Frederic Warde, based on a sixteenth century typeface of Ludovico degli Arrighi. Like Jenson’s roman, it owes much to the pen-drawn letter, particularly in the lowercase. The Centaur font family was expanded with the Centaur swash capital fonts were designed at Monotype by Patricia Saunders and Robin Nicholas, inspired by three characters drawn by Frederic Warde but never used as a basis for type.