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.