Category Archives: Typefaces

It has been quite a summer so far. I survived the brain surgery in April. I had quite a large tumor removed from my brain in late April and stayed in the hospital for 9 days. Upon release I was … Continue reading →

This font is revival of a font that first appeared in wood in 1878. Mansard Extra Bold is from the Wooden Type font collection and the patterns were produced directly from the digital font drawn by Jordan Davies. The digital … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

In addition to working from the American Wood Type patterns, and there are many more to come, I have wanted to bring some truly new type into the mix. Rich Kegler of P22 Type Foundry and Western New York Book … Continue reading →

I have a beautiful set of patterns for Stencil. They are carved into side grain maple, 24 lines high. These were made by Stephenson Blake & Company and appear in the 1961 AWT catalog.I cut the word Stencil in 12 … Continue reading →

The first font that I chose to work on is Rugged which is the American Wood Type version of Neuland. The biggest reason to start here is that my wife Geri requested it. The other reason was that I have … Continue reading →