Wood Type Revival

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Wood Type Revival [Matt Braun] Matt Braun and Matt Griffin (Pittsburgh, PA) are interested in digitizing some old letterpress wood types from original specimen. Matt Griffin is one of the founders of the design firm Bearded. He also teaches letterpress printing to young designers at Carnegie Mellon University. Matt Braun is a senior designer at Bearded and letterpress printer. They first operated Rare Letterpress Wood Type as a kickstarter. After some time, they started the foundry Wood Type Revival. Their typefaces: Gothic Open Shaded (2015). Gothic Open Shaded was first seen in George Nesbitt's First Premium Wood Types, Cut by Machinery (1838). This cut of Gothic Open Shaded most closely matches a design first cut by Young & Morgans between 1876 and 1880. Once Morgans & Wilcox was acquired by Hamilton Manufacturing Co. (1897), they listed the face as No. 3238. French Clarendon Ornamented (2015). The Western typeface French Clarendon Ornamented first appeared in print in the catalogs of the type manufacturer Young & Morgans (which was later purchased by Morgans & Wilcox Mfg Co) between 1876 and 1880. M&W was purchased by Hamilton Mfg Co in 1897. Hamilton offered this typeface under the name No 3026. WTR Roycroft (2015). The arts and crafts typeface Roycroft was originally created by Miller & Richard under the name Teutonic and is shown in their 1909 catalog. It is a hand-carved typeface. Concave Tuscan (2015). Concave Tuscan was first shown as wood type under the name Gothic Tuscan by William H. Page in James Conner's Sons Typographic Messenger (1866). Almost all the major manufacturers of the 19th century offered a version of Gothic Tuscan. Fatboy (2015). Fatboy is derived from Antique Extended. It was first seen in print as wood type in 1838 in George Nesbitt's First Premium Wood Types Cut by Machinery. Creative Market link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Wood Type Revival Creative Market page MyFonts search Monotype search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Wood Type ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type scene in Pennsylvania ⦿ Letterpress ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Western fonts ⦿ Arts and Crafts Movement ⦿