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Engravers Roman [Robert Wiebking]

Mac McGrew: Engravers Roman was designed by Robert Wiebking and advertised by BB&S in 1899 as the "latest design"-"the only genuine." Other founders had introduced some similar typefaces a short time before, all imitating favorite designs of copperplate and steelplate engravers for fine stationery and announcements; Hansen called its version Card Roman. Engravers Roman was shortly supplemented by Engravers Roman Condensed and Engravers Title. The latter was a companion bold typeface which was displaced by Engravers Bold, designed by Morris Benton for ATF in 1902, and later cast also by BB&S. Western Type Foundry and later BB&S also had Engravers Bold Condensed, and a companion cap-and-lowercase typeface known as Engravers Litho Bold Condensed, designed by Robert Wiebking in 1914. However, Engravers Litho Bold, designed by Wiebking in 1915 for Western as Rogers Roman, was a substantially different face. Compare Card Mercantile, Brandon, Litho series. ATF issued Engravers Shaded, designed by Morris Benton about 1906, while BB&S had Engravers Roman Shaded, formerly Chester Title, designed by Sidney Gaunt in 1914. Compare Lithograph Shaded. Offset Engravers Roman and Offset Engravers Title were cut in reverse for a process of transferring proofs of type to lithographic stones.

Digital versions:

• Engravers Roman BT (Bitstream).
• Engravers MT (Monotype). Monotype holds a trademark on the name Engravers. A free version owned by Microsoft and Monotype and dated 1993-1996 is here.
• Engravers Roman LT (Linotype).
• Engravers (URW).
• Engraving CC (2020, Owen Earl).

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