Revival Type is a collection of contemporary digital fonts with origins in the past Examples include direct revivals of metal & wood typefaces while others are looser interpretations of older typefaces Among the fonts are interpretations of classic designs by Nicolas Jenson Claude Garamont Robert Granjon William Caslon John Baskerville Giambattista Bodoni Firmin Didot & other iconic names Alongside them are typefaces rooted in the work of important though lesser known names such as Eudald Pradell Philippe Grandjean & Richard Austin Finally there are updates & revisions of 20th-century classics like Palatino Meridien DIN Metro & Neue Haas Grotesk (the original name of Helvetica) Some designs are not revivals of typefaces but of letterforms from inscriptions to calligraphic manuals to letters in posters & bookjackets Some revivals are aesthetic extensions of 20th-century typefaces that have been updated technologically Others are actually reinterpretations or variations on typefaces from the past necessitated by having to make types that function in the 21st century & not in the distant past Re Type looks at type &revivals& in this broad manner