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George Nesbitt

American wood type designer of the 19th century. His 1838 specimen book of wood typefaces is famous in typophile circles.

Several of his creations have been digitized:

  • Fat Face No. 20 (by Dan X. Solo, 2005; based on a didone headline from 1838).
  • Penny (by Jordan Davies, 2007; based on a didone headline from 1838).
  • Octagon French (a 3d beveled typeface due to George Nesbitt, 1838, revival by Paulo W, Intellecta Design, 2010). In 2020, Jeff Levine revived it as Octagonist.
  • His Antique Extended (1838) was revived as a wood type in 1900 by Tubbs & Co.
  • A more extensive, and free, collection is provided by Dick Pape (2013) is his AWT or American Wood Type collection. These include AWT Nesbitt Gothic (+Bold, +Round), AWT Nesbitt Octagon, AWT Nesbitt Roman (+Condensed, +XCondensed, +Extended, +Ornamented), and AWT Nesbitt Venetian.

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file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Gothic 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Gothic 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838b


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Gothic Bold 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Gothic Round 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Gothic Round 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838b


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Octagon 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838


file name: Jeff Levine Octagonist 2020 after George Nesbitt Octagon 1838


file name: Jeff Levine Octagonist 2020 after George Nesbitt Octagon 1838


file name: Jeff Levine Octagonist J N L 2020


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Roman Condensed 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Roman Condensed 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838b


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Roman Extended 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Roman Ornamented 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Roman Ornamented 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838b


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Roman X Condensed 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Roman X Condensed 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838d


file name: Dick Pape A W T Nesbitt Venetian 2013 after George Nesbitt 1838


file name: Jordan Davies Penny 2007 after George Nesbitt 1838







Luc Devroye ⦿ School of Computer Science ⦿ McGill University Montreal, Canada H3A 2K6 ⦿ lucdevroye@gmail.com ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org/fonts.html