Sidney Gaunt
# Sidney Gaunt

Sidney Clyde Gaunt (c. 1874 - 1932) was an American type designer and artist.

He was a prolific producer of type designs while "shop artist" for Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry. He had his own studio in New York City in the early 1920s.

## Typefaces

* Authors Roman series (BB&S later ATF)
   * Authors Roman + Wide + Italic (1902)
   * Authors Roman Bold (1909)
   * Authors Oldstyle + Italic + Bold (1912)
   * Authors Roman Condensed (1915)
   * Authors Roman Bold Condensed (1916)
* Talisman (1903, BB&S), later reissued as Rugged Bold.
   * Talisman Italic (1904, BB&S), later reissued as Rugged Bold Italic.
* Wedding Plate-Script (1904, BB&S later ATF)
* Stationers Semi-Script (1904, BB&S later ATF), a redesign of Inland Type Foundry's Palmer Series of 1899.
* French Plate Script (1904, BB&S later ATF), based on types cut by Fonderie Gustave Mayeur of Paris
* Mission (1904, BB&S later ATF), designed by Gaunt but patented by George Oswald Ottley.
* Barnhart Oldstyle series
   * Barnhart Oldstyle (1906, BB&S later ATF)
   * Barnhart Oldstyle Italic + Oldstyle No. 2 (1907, BB&S later ATF)
   * Barnhart Lightface (1914, BB&S)
* Adstyle series (BB&S later ATF)
   * Adstyle (1906)
   * Adstyle Black (1907–11)
   * Adstyle Condensed (1907–11)
   * Adstyle Extra Condensed (1907–11)
   * Adstyle Headletter (1907–11)
   * Adstyle Italic (1907–11)
   * Adstyle Wide (1907–11)
   * Adstyle Black Outline (1910)
   * Adstyle Lightface (1911)
   * Adstyle Shaded (1914)
* Old Roman series (BB&S later ATF), adapted from T.W. Smith's original design for H.W. Caslon & Company in England.
   * Old Roman Condensed (1907)
   * Old Roman Bold + Bold Condensed + Semitone (1908)
* Engravers Old Black (1910, BB&S) a knock-off of ATF's Engravers Old English.
* Cardstyle (1914, BB&S later ATF) Capitals and small caps only.
* Engravers Roman Shaded (1914, BB&S later ATF)
* Chester Text (1914, BB&S later ATF) Capitals and small caps only.
* Pencraft Oldstyle series (BB&S later ATF)
   * Pencraft Oldstyle + Italic (1914)
   * Pencraft Bold (1915)
   * Pencraft Shaded (1916)
* Publicity Gothic (1916, BB&S later ATF), later digitized by Fonts.Com and MyFonts.
* Pencraft Text (1916, BB&S later ATF)
* Parsons Swash Initials (BB&S), alternate characters for Will Ransom's Parsons series cut without Ransom's approval.
