Luc Devroye says two folks in the Bay Area revived the beautiful Oxford type around 2002. They named it
Aitken:
http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-36982.htmlAnd yet, it's nowhere for sale. Also, no one else has really revived that wonderful face, Oxford. Somehow, the world decided we need 3,400 indistinguishable takes on Futura or Helvetica, but none on Oxford. Go figure.
Yes, I know that the gifted Mr Carter redid Chauncey Griffith's
Monticello. But that's a pale copy of Oxford. The x-height is much too big, the ascenders too short, and it looks unsteady, like a teenager that got tall too quick. Shouldn't somebody try again?
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Plus, there are big venues for long-form writing, and those can always use another, great serif font. Medium, WordPress, and the like. Weeklies that have made it into the digital economy -- places like that. They can use something other than Georgia or Palatino. Or Tiempos, if they feel fancy.