Olde Type Faces at Tri-Arts Press WADbyBK Here are Edward Johnston’s thoughts

Here are Edward Johnston’s thoughts on writing and craft and living

nearly 100 years later

It focuses on the mathematical modularity of the Antiqua alphabet

That’s probably close enough for describing this portfolio of twenty-two alphabets on seventeen loose sheets

once for each hour of the day

Olde Type Faces at Tri-Arts Press WADbyBK Here are Edward Johnston’s thoughtsAllow us to quote lazily liberally from the introduction: Olde has a very individual charm. Weathered wood siding, or a work smoothed handle, the patina of silver that only use and care can impart. The qualities that endear these things can also be found and accurately incorporated into todays typographygenuine, straight from the original. The types shown in this booklet are indeed old, having been cast roughly between 1870and the 1920s. (Although we