Casting off

Specimen pages and tables for ‘casting off’ estimate the number of signatures required to typeset a manuscript in a particular font.

Open Castoffs

Specimens

These PDFs display a complete glyph set of each font. Paragraphs examples of text in a waterfall of point sizes ranging from 5pt-18pt and various line spacings. Plus-tracking for letterspacing at smaller sizes. Minus-tracking for larger sizes 12pt-18pt.

Congress Sans Extra Light & Italic

Congress Sans Light & Italic

Congress Sans Medium & Italic

Congress Sans Bold & Italic

Congress Sans Extra Bold & Italic

Castoff tables

Paragraph PDF examples display the fonts in Normal Set Width (NSW) unkerned and no additional letter spacing, used to calculate castoff tables shown.

Congress Sans Extra Light & Italic

Congress Sans Light & Italic

Congress Sans Medium & Italic

Congress Sans Bold & Italic

Congress Sans Extra Bold & Italic