To fully appreciate MVB Celestia Antiqua, it helps to understand the context in which it was designed. These were the heady early days of desktop publishing, when the handful of fonts that arrived with laser printers were overused to the point of exhaustion. To the clinical regularity of bundled fonts, Mark van Bronkhorst responded with the rough-hewn rusticity and warmth of Celestia Antiqua—a generous and versatile family consisting of three weights, true small caps, matching italics, and two titling styles (Inline and Adornado). Use it at text sizes as an alternative to Caslon Antique, or set it large to harness its rough unevenness. MVB Fonts, 1993–96.