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EXAMPLES OF TYPE ALPHABETS

I.

OLD FRENCH.
An

Chiswick Press.
letter.

elegant and graceful form of

II.

FLEMISH. The
Somewhat

Patent

Type Founding Company.

similar to the above but thickened.

III.

ORIGINAL OLD FACE.

The
series cut

Messrs. Caslon and Co.

in the

by William Caslon

middle of the eighteenth

century (see also Ex. XI).

IV.

REVIVED OLD STYLE.

Designed
in the

Messrs. Miller and Richard.

middle of the last century to meet the demand for a better class of face than the so-called "modem" (see Ex. VII).
V.

PLANTIN. The
A

Patent

Type Founding Company.

modernized form of " old style" character (compare Ex. VII).

VI.

OLD STYLE ANTIQUE.

Practically No.

IV thickened

into a

Messrs. Miller and Richard. "Clarendon" type.

VII.

MODERN

FACE.

Messrs. Miller and Richard.

extreme thick and thin
lines

Characteristic of the early nineteenth century taste

lettering degenerated into

when type the period

IV).

between "old face" (Ex.

VIII.

Ill)

and the "revived old style" (Ex.

ITALIAN OLD STYLE.

An

Messrs. Stephenson, Blake & Co.

"

enlarged copy of the Kelmscott Press " Golden

is

fount by Sir

Charles Reed and Sons, which firm

Messrs. Stephenson, Blake and Co.

now

incorporated with

IX.

SANS SERIF.
These
letters

Messrs. Stephenson, Blake and Co. serifs " appear somewhat unfinished, and, although much used, are only given here as showing the more
being without "

elementary form of the

X.

letters.

CHELTENHAM.
A new design based, as

Messrs. Caslon and Co.

far as the capitals are concerned,
I).

somewhat

on the Old French (Ex.

XI.

ORIGINAL OLD FACE.

This
is

Messrs. Caslon and Co.

letters

a repetition of Ex. Ill, but in a somewhat smaller size

fine

and with the

XII.

reman lower-case

added

to

it.

OLD
This

ITALIC.
italic

Messrs. Caslon and Co.

"

belongs to the series of " old face

type cut by William

Caslon (see Exs. Ill and XI).

XIII.

OLD BLACKLETTER.
The

Messrs. Caslon and Co. by William Caslon, and a fairly good reproduction of the character used by Wynkyn de Worde.
original fount of blackletter cut

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