Showing posts with label Los Angeles Printers' Faire. Show all posts
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Monday, October 08, 2012

More Typographic Excess

The Los Angeles Printers' Faire was last Saturday, and of course, having more guts than brains, I committed typographic excess again. I couldn't help myself. John Barrett of Letterpress Things brought treasure.

My first purchase in the morning was the wrapped font, below. It is, I believe, the 2nd most common font used on late Victorian calling (social) cards. I haven't identified either of the others, but they are below for your pleasure. Double click to see them in all their glory.

Somebody titled this, but it isn't correct! Johnson Foundry.
Now id'd as Text Ornate thanks to Steve Saxe.

I purchased the second and third at the end of the day, 
when I knew I had some cash left over! Purty swashes 
and ringlets in the second; which a friend just id'd as 
Renaissant (Dickinson Foundry, 1879!). And just look 
at the extravagant serifs on the third. Although it has 
a Berhnard Bros & Spindler pinmark, I could not 
find it in their 1907 catalog- the only one I have.