MacFarland, Bradford and Crawford

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MacFarland, Bradford and Crawford MacFarland is an antiqua typeface from 1899, a small tweak of Heinz Koenig's Roemische Antiqua (1888, Genzsch&Heyse). Mac McGrew writes: MacFarland was cut in 1899 by Inland Type Foundry, adapted from Romische Antiqua of Genzsch&Heyse in Germany. It is named in honor of Mr. J. Horace MacFarland, prominent printer of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. At about the same time, the foundry of A. D. Farmer&Son cut essentially the same typeface from the same source, naming it Bradford after the first noted printer of New York; and Hansen issued Crawford, another look-alike. The Inland typefaces, along with Condensed MacFarland designed and cut in 1903 went to ATF when that foundry acquired Inland in 1912. The typefaces have some relationship to Elzevir or French Old Style, but are heavier, though not as heavy as the related De Vinne series. Lacking the eccentricities of some characters of DeVinne, these typefaces became popular for book titles and other work for which DeVinne was considered unsuitable. Keystone's Dickens is very similar but a little lighter; it is known as Classic on Linotype, but 18-point Classic Italic is the equivalent of MacFarland Italic. Compare Lorimer. For digital revivals and descendants, see Apparel (2020, Latinotype), a 20-font display serif family inspired by the MacFarland series in the 1912 ATF catalog. Apparel was designed by Daniel Hernandez and Alfonso Garcia. It differs in some details from MacFarland.	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Elzevir ⦿