Richard Porson

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Richard Porson Creator in the 18th century of Greek types (d. 1807), which led to many digitizations known as Porson Greek. See, for example, GFS Porson Greek, digitized by George Matthiopoulos for the Greek Font Society, which writes: In England, during the 1790's, Cambridge University Press decided to procure a new set of Greek types. The university's great scholar of Classics, Richard Porson was asked to produce a typeface based on his handsome handwriting and Richard Austin was commissioned to cut the types. The type was completed in 1808, after the untimely death of Porson the previous year. Its success was immediate and since then the classical editions in Great Britain and the U.S.A. use it, almost invariably. In 1913, Monotype released the typeface with some corrections, notably replacing the upright capitals suggested by Porson with inclined ones. In Greece the typeface was used under the name Pelasgika type. James Mosley wrote about Porson in Porson's Greek types, Penrose Annual, vol. 54 (1960), pp. 36-40. He concludes on his blog in 2014 that Porson Greek is not an exciting design, nor is it an independent one. It treats Greek as a secondary type, like italic. Another reference is John Bowman's PhD thesis at the University of Reading in 1998 entitled Greek printing types in Britain from the late 18th to the early 20th century. Digital versions of Porson Greek: GFS Porson (1995, Greek Font Society) is based on the Monotype version, though using upright capitals, as in the original. The free GFS Porson was digitized in 1995 by George D. Matthiopoulos for the Greek Font Society. It is based on the Monotype version from 1913. GFS Olga (1995) is a serif typeface designed and digitized by George Matthiopoulos, that is also based on the historical Porson Greek type.	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Greek/Coptic ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in the United Kingdom ⦿

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