Blackfriars Type Foundry

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Blackfriars Type Foundry Type foundry in the early 20th century in London. Their typeface Richmond Oldstyle (1920s) was imitated by Sylvester A. Cypress in the phototype Wembley, which in turn was digitized by Joe Treacy (Treacyfaces) as Wembley TF. Novel Fonts revived Richmond Oldstyle as Valhalla in 1994. Nick Curtis revived Richmond Oldstyle as Rowan Oak NF (2007). In 2009, Nick Curtis digitized Whitefriars NF.	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Extinct 20th century foundries ⦿ Nick Curtis ⦿ Type design in the United Kingdom ⦿

file name: De Little Richmond Old Style Bold Compressed

file name: Nick Curtis Rowan Oak N F 2007 after Blackfriars Richmond Oldstyle 1920s

file name: Nick Curtis Rowan Oak N F Bold 2007 after Blackfriars Type Foundry Richmond Oldstyle 1920s

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