This is a quite small serifed A from one of the mixed lots I’ve purchased. It almost seems strange to see a more traditional typeface in wood type, because I’m so used to the ornamented, thick and chunky faces. It looks to be pretty similar to DeVinne, though it seems more extended than the version on the Rob Roy Kelly Collection site. DeVinne is the Old Style face that I’ve ...

I absolutely love this letterform! It’s so round! It’s got the nearly perfect roundness, but you can tell it’s an early gothic face because of the irregularity between the weight at the serif and the spur. And despite the circular nature of the outer portion of the stroke, the counter is slightly more squared off. If you squint at it, it looks like an arrow looping around. So very graphic ...

One of my favorite typeface in one of my favorite letters! This is from the hand carved Grecian set, so once again it features lots of weight contrast in the face and some irregularities from being cut by hand. I love the triangle coming in where the two bowls meet, it adds a lot of tension to that side of the block. This block cleaned up very well, you can clearly ...

This giant X is from the modern poster lot. I find the tiny counters on the top and bottom to be fascinating, it’s really quite a meaty letterform. Most of the digital interpretations of this style of face seem to be rounded, but this X is all straight lines. It seems very vertically stretched, and the shorter counters only make it seem more strange. The face is mostly clean besides the ...