Footlight is a serif typeface designed by Malaysian type designer Ong Chong Wah in 1986[1] for the
Monotype Corporation.[2][3] Footlight is an irregular design. It is sold in weights from light to extra-bold with matching italics. It was originally designed as an
italic font, a
roman version was later made.[4]
Footlight MT
A version of Footlight's light style called "Footlight MT" (without italic) has been bundled with some
Microsoft software.[5]
Distribution
It has been distributed in the following products:
^Perfect, Christopher, Gordon Rookledge, Phil Baines, Rookledge's Classic International Typefinder, Lawrence King Publishing, London, 2004,
ISBN978-1-85669-406-3, p. 78-79.