Fann Street Foundry
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The Fann Street Foundry was a type foundry located on Fann Street, City of London.
Charles Reed's office at 33 Aldersgate Street
Fat face type in an 1825 specimen book.
Slab serif capitals
Reversed or "streamer" slab serif capitals
Talbot Baines Reed
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Talbot Baines Reed was an English writer of boys' fiction who established a genre of school stories that endured into the mid-20th century. Among his best-known work is The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's
Pen-and-ink portrait of Reed, c. 1880
Charles Reed MP, father of Talbot Baines Reed
The City of London School in Milk Street, Cheapside
The Caxton Exhibition, South Kensington, July 1877. In this illustration, W.E. Gladstone stands centre picture; on the right are William Blades (bearded) and, far right, Charles Reed