Fat face
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In typography, a fat face letterform is a serif typeface or piece of lettering in the Didone or modern style with an extremely bold design. Fat face typefaces appeared in London around 1805–1810 and b
London poster, c. 1840s
Early theatre poster, 1808: all text is in fonts similar to body text faces.
1818 poster; complete change in style. Fat face, or at least bold, letterforms used throughout; the main heading is in an inline italic design.
Early typeface in what became the fat face style by Robert Thorne in his 1803 specimen
Wood type
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In letterpress printing, wood type is movable type made out of wood. First used in China for printing body text, wood type became popular during the nineteenth century for making large display typefac
Wood type in close-up
Exhibition poster by Alan Kitching, who often uses wood type in his work
Wooden movable types in the China Printing Museum, Beijing
Large display type, cut by Hendrik van den Keere in wood and reproduced by sandcasting