title: Sidney Gaunt
text: # 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.
  