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Grandjean-Simonneau Romain du Roi (1702)
A digitization of Phillipe Grandjean's Romain du Roi type from the book Médailles sur les principaux événements du règne de Louis le Grand (1702), the first book to be set with this type. The Romain de Roi was a constructed type commissioned by Louis…
William Caslon English Roman (1785)
An English-bodied roman font from William Caslon II's 1785 A Specimen of Printing Types. Originally an engraver of ornaments for London gunmakers, William Caslon is credited with creating a native English typefounding tradition when England…
J.F. Rosart Great Primer Roman No. 784
A great primer size roman type cut by Jacques-Francois Rosart and reproduced in Johannes Enschede's type specimen of 1768.
Bulmer-Martin Shakespeare Press Roman (1821)
A type cut by William Martin for William Bulmer and George Nichol of the Boydell Press (latterly the Shakespeare Press.) Daniel Berkeley Updike writes that, "William Martin cut some Greek and Oriental fonts, but he will be best remembered by his…