This typeface is released in formats compatible with LaTeX as well as with modern OpenType compatible systems.Ī popular lookalike design has been Monotype Corsiva, by Patricia Saunders at the Monotype Corporation. An extended version TeX Gyre Chorus is another similar typeface based on the URW Chancery L font. URW Chancery L by URW (Unternehmensberatung Rubow Weber-from the founders' names now retitled URW++) provides a GPL-ed clone of the font. Like many typefaces of the period, imitations of Zapf Chancery were created for specific uses and by competing companies. It was named after the English name for a Renaissance handwriting style later adapted as an inspiration for early printing. Zapf Chancery was announced in 1979 in six styles from light to bold, the demibold and bold styles being released without italics. It is also one of the core PostScript fonts. It is one of the three typefaces designed by Zapf that are shipped with computers running Apple's Mac OS. ITC Zapf Chancery is a family of script typefaces designed by the type designer Hermann Zapf and marketed by the International Typeface Corporation.