David Shields
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Designer & typographer & archivist & professor & (accidentally?) historian. I’m author & designer of the monograph _The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection: A History and Catalog_ published by UT Press.
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Some noodling on the RISO w/ variants of Page & Co’s Gothic Paneled — 1st shown in 1874’s _Specimen of Chromatic Wood Type…_ & patented on 3 March 1874 as US Design Patent 7,230.
http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/chromatic-gothic-paneled/
#WoodType #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #letterforms #typography
http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/chromatic-gothic-paneled/
#WoodType #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #letterforms #typography
July 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Some noodling on the RISO w/ variants of Page & Co’s Gothic Paneled — 1st shown in 1874’s _Specimen of Chromatic Wood Type…_ & patented on 3 March 1874 as US Design Patent 7,230.
http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/chromatic-gothic-paneled/
#WoodType #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #letterforms #typography
http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/chromatic-gothic-paneled/
#WoodType #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #letterforms #typography