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Herbert Percy Horne

A London-based designer of principally roman fonts, who lived from 1864-1916: Florence Press Type (Chatto and Windus, 1908), Montallegro Type (Merrymount Press, 1904), Riccardi Press Fount (Medici Societa, 1909). Montallegro is a Florentine style font that was designed by Horne at the request of Daniel Berkeley Updike for the Merrymount Press in Boston. Under Horne's direction, the punches were cut by E.P. Prince in 14 point roman only.

Mac McGrew: Montallegro was designed by Herbert Horne and privately cast for the Merrymount Press, Boston, in 1904. D. B. Updike in his Printing Types says. "Herbert P. Horne designed three types of importance. ..Montallegro came first. This type was modelled on an early Florentine font, and was intended to be a good 'reading type,' which should have rather more flexibility and grace than the fonts based on older Italian forms. It was first used in Condivi's Life of Michelagnolo Buonarroti by the Merrymount Press. This type was cut under Mr. Horne's direction by E. P. Prince of London, an English craftsman of great ability. ..." Punches and matrices are preserved in the Updike Room of the Providence Public Library.

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