Golden Type
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The Golden Type is a serif typeface designed by artist William Morris for his fine book printing project, the Kelmscott Press, in 1890. It is an "old-style" serif face, based on type designed by engra
The Golden Type used in a printing of The Nature of Gothic by John Ruskin.
The Golden Type among other typefaces used by the Kelmscott Press
Kelmscott Press
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The Kelmscott Press, founded by William Morris and Emery Walker, published 53 books in 66 volumes between 1891 and 1898. Each book was designed and ornamented by Morris and printed by hand in limited
Golden Type
…The Golden Type is a serif typeface designed by artist William Morris for his fine book printing project, the Kelmscott Press, in 1890. It is an "old-style" serif face, based on type designed by engraver and printer Nicolas Jenson in Venice around 1470. It is named for the…
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William Morris, News from Nowhere: Or, an Epoch of Rest (London: Kelmscott Press, 1892); Pequot Library Special Collections
Staff c. 1893, including seated L-R Stephen Mowlem, William Henry Bowden, William Morris and May Morris; and standing, Sir Emery Walker (fourth from left) and Henry Halliday Sparling (fourth from right)
Spread from The Altar Book (1896) by Daniel Berkeley Updike