Ah, what a big, wonderful piece of work this is. I would guess this was cut by a printer; you can see the pencil marks along the counter, and the shoulder has been cleared away rather haphazardly. You can see the grooves left by the router winding back and forth on the upper right. I’m hesitant to print with a black as, well, naked as this for fear of staining ...

Back to back Clarendon’s to close out the week! The capital I tends to be a rather nondescript letterform, and this is one of the more elaborate ones I have. Like the X I posted earlier this week, this block was cut from a sizable tree, and the face is absolutely gorgeous. There’s one wound on the lower right edge, and though i don’t have my proofs here with me, ...

I love this block. Pieces of type like this are usable works of art. The letterform itself is so heavy but it isn’t brutish. The arrow shapes that appear in the counter spaces are fascinating to me. The serifs aren’t as thick as many styles of clarendon, which makes the letter look a bit more modern. You can see the pantograph marks in the counter spaces. The face is one of ...

This beauty was one of the blocks I got with my first mixed set of wood type. Antique Tuscans are characterized by the concave curves along the edges of the letterforms, and the pointy little ends on the serifs. I really love the large oval counter in the middle, which is a nice simple contrast to the ornateness of the rest of the letter. There are bits of red ink ...