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Bill, Stark, and Co

In 1850, Horatio and HJeremiah Bill, who had previously worked for Edwin Allen in South Windham, CT, start a wood type manufacturing business in Lebanon, CT, and move to Willimantic, CT, the next year. A few years later, they were joined by Stark, and the company became Bill, Stark, and Co. In early 1854, it is renamed again to H. and J. Bill Co., but closes its doors later that year. Their equipment gets purchased by William Page in 1856 who will start his own successful wood type company, Page&Bassett.

Its typefaces included Bill Stark Roman Extended (a "fatface"), and Concave Tuscan Condensed (1853).

For digitizations, see, e.g., Dick Pape's AWT Bill Stark Concave Tuscan Cond (2013), AWT RIT Conc Tuscan Open Shade (2013) and AWT Vandenburgh Concave Tuscan (2013: this typeface was cut by Vanderburgh Wells but is based on an 1853 design by Bill, Stark & Co).

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file name: Dick Pape A W T Bill Stark Concave Tuscan Cond 2013


file name: Dick Pape A W T R I T Conc Tuscan Open Shade 2013 after Bill Stark


file name: Dick Pape A W T R I T Conc Tuscan Open Shade 2013 after Bill Stark


file name: Dick Pape A W T Vandenburgh Concave Tuscan 2013 after Bill Stark 1853 cut by Vanderburgh Wells







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