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English sans-serif of the 19th century
Posted by scarlettfu in
6 Feb 2013 — 10:44am
6 Feb 2013 — 10:44am
Greetings typophiles!
Does anyone know of any sans-serif typefaces of the 19th century from England? It's rather specific, but hope many typographically-knowledged folk here would know of some.
Cheers all!
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6 Feb 2013 — 2:06pm
I think William Caslon IV's "Two Line Egyptian" is generally considered the first sans-serif... it's certainly English, and certainly 19th C. Uppercase only, AFAIK. I don't know where you might find an implementation, though (if you need one, that is).
7 Feb 2013 — 8:53am
Thank you very much! An implementation of it (or at least, a reinterpretation of it) may be required at a later stage. But currently, I'm gathering as much as I can. I've scoured the net and have only found a fair few.
7 Feb 2013 — 1:00pm
The correct name is "two line English Egyption", BTW. There's a sample halfway down this page.
9 Feb 2013 — 5:04pm
Here is an implementation. This is a link to a pdf. I was unable to navigate to anywhere else on Cavedoni's website.
- Herb