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Back of boy fishing cartoonVictorian Trade Cards (1890)

I scanned this, the reverse side of a cartoon about a boy fishing, because the typography somewhat dates the cartoon. There is part of an advert for Dry & Fancy [Goods], groceries, clothing, boots, ha [...]

Keywords: typography, fonts, advertisements, lettering, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-01-13

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4.—9th Century. From an Anglo-Saxon MS. Battel Abbey.Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Mediæval (1879)

Today called Battle Abbey. Someone made a font from a Dover reprint of this alphabet—Rob Anderson, I think. There is no coyright statement on the font, which was probably originally a PostScript Type [...]

Keywords: initials, alphabets, lettering, fonts, typography, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-03

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The Font, Winchester CathedralMemorials of Hampshire. (1906)

Note to searchers: this is a baptismal font made of stone. (From a Photograph by H. W. Salmon) “A feature more specially characteristic [of the county of Hampshire] is to be found in the remarkable se [...]

Keywords: christmas, fonts, monuments, churches, greyscale

Places shown: Winchester; Hampshire; England

Added: 2005-02-16

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1313.—Font in East Dereham Church, NorfolkOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and dates from the Norman period (11th or early 12th Century). The Seven Sacrament Font shown here was made in 1488. The eighth side of the font shows the cru [...]

Keywords: fonts, churches, sculpture, greyscale

Places shown: East Dereham; Norfolk; England

Added: 2004-06-13

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Stratton, CornwallIllustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural Period: Norman] STRATTON. A very uncommon Normon Font, but so plain in design and execution as to render description almost unnecessary. The bowl is cup-shaped, with a single round moul [...]

Keywords: baptismal fonts, church architecture, norman remains, fonts, colour

Places shown: Stratton; Cornwall; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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Little Billing, Northamptonshire.Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural Period: Norman] LITTLE BILLING. This jar-like and singular Font may be placed early in the Norman period; both irregular in shape and rude in workmanship, it is chiefly interesting for [...]

Keywords: baptismal fonts, church architecture, inscriptions, greyscale, fonts

Places shown: Little Billing; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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Chalk, KentIllustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

This pleasing specimen of a plain Norman Font is cut in Purbeck Marble, but now white-washed. It is 2ft. 5½in. high; 1ft. 6½in. across the top; the bowl is 12in. deep, lined with lead, and with a wa [...]

Keywords: baptismal fonts, church architecture, greyscale, fonts

Places shown: Chalk; Kent; England

Added: 2013-01-23

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Strubby, LincolnshireIllustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural period: Decorated] STRUBBY. The design of the bowl of this Font was not unfrequent in the fourteenth century; it is octagonal, and every side is enriched with Decorated tracery, differi [...]

Keywords: baptismal fonts, church architecture, greyscale, fonts

Places shown: Strubby; Lincolnshire; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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King’s Cliff, NorthamptonshireIllustrations of Baptismal Fonts (1844)

[Architectural Period: Early English] KING’S CLIFF Is a strong and massive Early English Font. The bowl is cupshaped, and supported on an octagonal shaft of nearly equal dimensions. It is ornamented [...]

Keywords: baptismal fonts, church architecture, greyscale, fonts

Places shown: King’s Cliff; Northamptonshire; England

Added: 2008-07-24

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Out of Sorts - Pieces of TypePictures of old books (2003)

These pieces of lead type (actually the metal is a lead-based alloy) were cast for me on a Monotype machine; they print less-than and greater-than signs. The slot helps the Monotype machine to set th [...]

Keywords: typography, colour, type, fonts, macro photography, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-02-16

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