Like many ITC typefaces, it has a range of four weights from light to bold (with matching italics) and separate condensed styles.

[7] Foundry catalogs of the late nineteenth century were already offering them, and press manufacturers even made press-size ribbons so that letters looking as if they had been typed could be produced wholesale.

In the original release, the A faces are identical to the regular ones, except for alternate versions of the following characters: &, $, R, e. This typeface was given a more legible look by creating round edges and giving enough space between each letter.

Another prominent example is the CBS sitcom Young Sheldon, which uses it in its opening and closing credits, as well as its logo, and is it also used by Chuck Lorre in his vanity cards.

Clifford the Big Red Dog had used this typeface in book titles since the early 1980s.