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Binny&Ronaldson
[James Ronaldson]
In 1796, Archibald Binny (ca. 1762-1838) and James Ronaldson (1769-1841 or 1842) (some say 1768-1842) started the first permanent American type foundry in Philadelphia in 1796, called Binny&Ronaldson. James, a business man from Edinburgh was the financial fhalf of the pair. In 1809 and 1812, they published America's first specimen book. The only complete copy of this book is at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University, and is entitled A specimen of metal ornaments cast at the letter foundery of Binny and Ronaldson (20 pages, printed by Fry and Kammerer, Philadelphia, USA, 1809) and Specimen of printing types from the foundry of Binny & Ronaldson (1812, Philadelphia, Fry and Kammerer, printers). Local download of the 1812 book. James Ronaldson published Specimen of Printing Type, from the Letter Foundry of James Ronaldson, Successor to Binny&Ronaldson; Cedar, Between Ninth and Tenth Streets, Philadelphia (Philadelphia: J. Ronaldson, 1822). Acquired by Johnson&Smith in 1833, it became L. Johnson&Co. in 1843, and finally MacKellar, Smiths&Jordan in 1867. The latter company was the largest typefounder in America when in 1892 it was amalgamated with many others into ATF. About digital typefaces that are derived: MyFonts sells Isabella, a font by ATF/Kingsley that can be traced back to Binny&Ronaldson. It also offers Really Big Shoe NF (Nick Curtis, 2009), which is based on Ronaldson's Oxford. Dick Pape published the free fonts Binny & Ronaldson English Two Line Orn (2010), Binny & Ronaldson Great Primer Two Pica (2010), and Binny & Ronaldson Primer Two Line Orn (2010). |
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file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Binny Ronaldson Specimen Of Printing Types 1812
file name: Dick Pape Binny And Ronaldson English Two Line Orn 2010 after Binny Ronaldson 1812
file name: Dick Pape Binny And Ronaldson Great Primer Two Pica 2010 after Binny Ronaldson 1812
file name: Dick Pape Binny And Ronaldson Long Primer Two Line Orn 2010 after Binny Ronaldson 1812
file name: Franklin Type Foundry Convenient Book Of Specimens 1889 Ronaldson
file name: Franklin Type Foundry Convenient Book Of Specimens 1889 Ronaldson
file name: Nick Curtis Really Big Shoe N F 2009 after James Ronaldson Oxford
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