What is the Chianti BT™ font?

Chianti was designed at Bitstream by senior designer Dennis Pasternak in 1991 and initially released in 1995. The intent behind the design was to provide a humanist sanserif of high readability at a wide range of sizes and weights. Humanist sanserifs (others that fall into this category are Linotype’s Frutiger and Optima, and Monotype’s Gill Sans) are an attempt to improve the readability of sanserifs by applying classical roman structure to the letterforms. More… To enhance its versatility, Mr. Pasternak designed a wide variety of alternate characters, rare ligatures, ornaments and swashes. Chianti is a friendly sanserif useful for a broad range of typographic needs.

Chianti BT™ Font families

The Chianti BT™ includes the following font families:

• Chianti
• Chianti Italic
• Chianti Bold
• Chianti Bold Italic
• Chianti ExtraBold
• Chianti ExtraBold Italic
• Chianti Italic Swash
• Chianti Small Cap
• Chianti Bold Small Cap
• Chianti OSF
• Chianti OSF Italic
• Chianti OSF Bold
• Chianti OSF Bold Italic
• Chianti OSF ExtraBold
• Chianti OSF ExtraBold Italic
• Chianti Alternate
• Chianti Italic Alternate
• Chianti Bold Alternate
• Chianti Extension
• Chianti Italic Extension
• Chianti Bold Extension
• Chianti BT WGL Roman
• Chianti BT WGL Italic
• Chianti BT WGL Bold
• Chianti BT WGL Bold Italic

Chianti BT™ Preview

Here is a preview of how Chianti BT™ will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.