THE TYPOGRAPHY

The current Loeb Classical Library® rejuvenation program involves not only more new and revised volumes but also improved production. Dissatisfaction with the digitized Greek font we had been using--particularly with the shape of some letters and inconsistent letter spacing--led us to design new electronic typefaces, which we have named ZephGreek and ZephText. ZephGreek is modeled on the classic Porson font. And for a crisper type image we are now making our printing plates directly from electronic files (instead of photographically). These improved technologies are evident in the newest Loeb volumes--for example Chariton and Euripides, Volume II.



An excerpt illustrating ZephGreek