Big Moore
Big Moore Regular
Big Moore Italic
Design Information
A point of fact: Carter & Cone’s Big Moore, like its cousin in spirit, Big Caslon, is a grand serif design. A 1766 specimen by Isaac Moore, former manager of Joseph Fry’s foundry in Bristol, England, shows many examples of type inspired by John Baskerville. But a century later, standardization had foisted inept lining figures and shortened descenders upon these designs. Matthew Carter remedied this tragedy with Big Moore by restoring oldstyle figures, full-length descenders, and historic swashes to this regal serif. Offered in two styles, Regular and Italic, it is intended for the largest of sizes.
Language Support
- Catalan
- Danish
- German
- English
- Spanish
- Finnish
- Filipino
- French
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Malay
- Dutch
- Norwegian
- Portuguese
- Slovenian
- Swedish
Uppercase Letter Latin
Uppercase Letter Greek
Lowercase Letter Latin
Lowercase Letter
Lowercase Letter Greek
Modifier Letter
Other Letter Latin
Decimal Number
Other Number
Connector Punctuation
Dash Punctuation
Close Punctuation
Final Punctuation
Initial Punctuation
Other Punctuation
Open Punctuation
Currency Symbol
Modifier Symbol
Math Symbol
Other Symbol
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