Urban Engravers (Diletta Vignolo, 2018).Old English font is a medieval script that goes by several names: Gothic script, Fraktur font, Barbarian script, and Blackletter font, to name a few.Large Old English Riband ( Intellecta Design).Monotype Engravers Old English ( Monotype).Engravers Old English BT ( Bitstream).Compare Wedding Text, a similar design in lighter weight also Cloister Black Shaw Text Lafayette Text.ĭigital revivals and interpretations include Curiously, in the Engravers Old English Bold specimen shown, the letters appear as the Monotype copy presents them however, Monotype's I and J are respectively the second and first forms of I as originally designed, while the specimen here shows separately the original foundry J, which Monotype does not make, along with the alternate H. In Ludlow Old English, cap I is comparable to the one in the Bold weight, but this style has not been found elsewhere in the regular weight. I and J are particularly subject to mix-up, because they were originally the same letter, and never developed as definite a distinction in these styles as in roman letters. The unfamiliar characters of Old English types are often misused, and the alternate forms of some letters add to the confusion. Engravers Old English Bold was designed by Morris Benton for ATF in 1910. Hansen's Lafayette Text (q.v.) was very similar. It has also been copied by Intertype, and by Ludlow as Old English. Sidney Gaunt designed Engravers Old Black, very similar to Engravers Old English, for BB&S in 1910, but BB&S later produced Engravers English, a copy of Engravers Old English.

Engravers Old English Open was produced by ATF in 1902. Mac McGrew writes: It is a modernization of Caslon Text, and has been widely used. It was designed in 1901 by Morris Benton and another person identified by ATF only as Cowan, but has also been ascribed to Joseph W. TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated onĮngravers Old English is a plain, sturdy rendition of the blackletter style, commonly known as Old English.

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