John G. Cooley

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John G. Cooley American wood type designer/manufacturer from the 19th century, whose company started out in 1852 by taking over Edwin Allen in South Windham, CT. In 1864, he partners with Robert Lindsay, sells the South Windham factory, and moves to New York City as John B. Cooley and Co. In 1866, he enters into a partnership with Samuel T. Dauchy to become Cooley&Dauchy. In 1869, however, that company was bought by William Page, who ironically, had been Cooley's employee in 1855-1856. He published Specimens of Wood Type. Examples of their wood types: Antique Tuscan No. 1 (1859). Digital revivals: Jeff Levine's Winnetka JNL (2009) was inspired by Cooley Antique Tuscan Condensed from 1859. Compressed Wood JNL (2020, Jeff Levine) is extrapolated from J.G. Cooley's Roman Triple Extra Condensed Fifty Line. Finally, AWT Cooley Ant Tuscan XX Cond (2013) and AWT Cooley Grecian XX Condensed were released by Dick Pape.	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Wood Type ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type scene in Connecticut ⦿ Type scene in New York ⦿ Jeff Levine's typefaces. ⦿ Dick Pape's typefaces ⦿ Tuscan fonts ⦿ Books on type design ⦿

file name: J G Cooley Specimens Of Wood Type

file name: Edwin Allen Grecian X Condensed 1859 after Wells Webb 1859 and after John Cooley 1859

file name: John G Cooley Antique Tuscan No1 1859

file name: Dick Pape A W T Cooley Ant Tuscan X X Cond 2013

file name: John G Cooley Grecian X X Condensed 1859

file name: Dick Pape A W T Cooley Grecian X X Condensed 2013

file name: Jeff Levine Compressed Wood J N L 2020

file name: Jeff Levine Winnetka J N L 2009

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