Zapf resigned from ATypI (Association Typographique Internationale) over what he viewed as its hypocritical attitude toward unauthorized copying by prominent ATypI members, specifically Monotype. Monotype at the time created or licensed many lookalike typefaces for Microsoft software with identical metrics to popular fonts, including Century Gothic, Arial and Book Antiqua, also a Zapf knockoff. 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.
