Monthly Archives: March 2011

Aldine Expanded is now available

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Bill

A completely new wood type version that is faithful to the original. I am offering this font in 5, 6, 8, and 10 line sizes. There is no lowercase available This font was drawn in vector form by David Wolske … Continue reading →

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Printing Aldine Expanded

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Bill

I made a 5 line proofing version from the Aldine Expanded patterns. The form includes all of the characters in the typeface as it will be offered by Virgin Wood Type. I totally enjoy the first inking of any of … Continue reading →

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Making Aldine Expanded replacement characters (and my first Wood Type Video)

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Bill

I’m trying to get a handle on making replacement characters for people’s wood type collections. Here is a movie I made this weekend with Paul Dodd. Watch the video and then read on. I had several email exchanges with David … Continue reading →

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Preissig Scrape is now available

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Bill

Virgin Wood Type in association with the P22 Type Foundry announces the release of a completely new wooden version of the Czech Modernist font Preissig Scrape. The digital version of Pressig Scrape and the Czech Modernist font set will be … Continue reading →

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Two Color Gothics

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Bill

I have just released a few two color gothic fonts which you can find in the online store. These could be called chromatic fonts though I prefer to call them 2-color fonts.   735 Gothic 735 Gothic Outline 737 Gothic … Continue reading →

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