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Wooden Type Fonts (was: American Wood Type and, Wooden Type) [Jordan Davies]

Wooden Type Fonts (was: American Wood Type) is founded and run by Jordan Davies from South Hero, VT: Historically accurate reproductions of wood type produced in the 19th century in a variety of styles. This is a work of passion and dedication by Jordan Davies. Jordan's other passion is painting. His (digital) wood typefaces include these original designs: Bevan Condensed, Bevan Medium (based on Melior), Inline Regular, London Light, London Heavy, Neo Geo Block, Quirk, Slab Four Rounded (+Ext), Slab Four Rounded Italic, Slab Four Rounded Revised, Slab Four Rounded Super. MyFonts link. Digital revivals:

• 20th Century ExtraBold Extended (2017). A very wide version of Futura.
• Aetna Bold.
• Alpine Mtn (2021). a display sans with some stencil glyphs.
• Antique 6 (based on Stevens, Shanks), Antique Condensed Bold, Antique Light, AntiqueRegular (saloon font), Antique Five, Antique Sans, Antique Shadow, Antique Six, Antique Three, Antique Tuscan 1, Antique 7 (2011), Antique Tuscan 8 (2008), Antique Tuscan Condensed, Antique Tuscan Heavy, Antique Wells Medium (2005), Antique Wells Expanded (2011, based on Wells&Webb), Antique Two (2008), Antique XX (2008).
• Bernhard Gothic Medium (2017, after Lucian Bernhard).
• Blobbing (2013, a fat finger typeface), Bodoni Ultra (2015, based on a Bauer Types original).
• Cassjor (2011): an angular face.
• Cheltenham (2019), (2019).
• Churchward Ultra Bold (2018).
• Clarendon Condensed, Clarendon Condensed Bold (2007, based on a 1859 design by William Hamilton Page), Clarendon Extended (2005, after W.H. Page), Clarendon Heavy, Clarendon Extra Condensed (2007), Clarendon 618 (2010), Clarendon 617 (2010), Clarendon Semi (2011), Clarendon Jordan (2015).
• Columbian (2015) and Columbian Slab (2015). Heavy classical Egyptians.
• Concave Tuscan X Condensed.
• Craw Clarendon (2013), Craw Clarendon Extended (2015), and Craw Clarendon Bold (2014).
• Davies Serif (2014): a great wide wood-inspired wedge-serifed display didone.
• Devendra (2021). A counterless stencil typeface.
• DeVinne Wood, DeVinne Wood Italic.
• Doric Condensed, Doric Expanded.
• Egyptian Bold, Egyptian Ornamented (+Bold), Egyptian Regular, Egyptian Slab (2007), Egyptian Two, Egyptian Wide (2006, based on a Miller&Richard original, ca. 1850), Egyptian Bold Expanded (2011), Egyptian Extra Bold Condensed (2011), Egyptienne75 Black (2020).
• French Antique Condensed.
• French Calrendon (2015) and French Clarendon Expanded (2015).
• Gallatin Light (2021), Gallatin Bold (2019) and Gallatin Medium (2020). A slab serif.
• Girder Heavy (2008, based on a design of W.H. Page, ca. 1900), Girder Super (2014, a slab serif based on William Hamilton Page).
• Gothic Bold, Gothic Bold Extended, Gothic Extra Extended, Gothic Extended (2009), Gothic Medium, Gothic Nesbitt (2011), Gothic Leavenworth (2015), Gothic Number Sixteen (2019), Gothic Special Condensed Bold (2005), Gothic Special Condensed Medium (+Italic, 2013), Gothic Special Normal (+Italic, 2013), Gothic Special Thin, Gothic Tuscan, Gothic Tuscan 9 (+Narrow), Gothic Tuscan 8 (+Pointed), Gothic Tuscan Condensed, Gothic Tuscan Round, Gothic Tuscan Concave, Gothic Tuscan Pointed Narrow, Gothic Unique (2007).
• Grecian Bold Condensed, Grecian XX Condensed, Grecian Bold Expanded (2014).
• Grotesque (2010), Grotesque Bold Italic (2013).
• Jensen Old Style.
• Jordan Calligraphy (2015).
• Kurilian (2015). After a 1879 spurred wod type design by Heber Wells.
• Lettres Angulaires (2010): based on Textura.
• London Heavy and London Medium (2017). A revival of Johnson Underground.
• Mansard. This revives a wood type from 1878 by Heber Wells.
• Martin Bold (2018), Martin Medium Regular (2018).
• Masterman (2017). After a typeface by Boston's Hansen foundry.
• Mementor Bold (2018) and Mementor Medium Regular (2018).
• News Gothic Bold (2017) and News Gothic Light (2017). After Morris Fuller Benton's original at ATF.
• Number5 Reg (2010). A variation of the William Page 500 font.
• Number 154 (2006, based on a 1887 design by William Hamilton Page), Number 515 Black, Number 514 (2011).
• Octagon.
• Peerless (2008). Peerless 131 Bold (2012) is a wedge serif design based on William Hamilton Page.
• Penny (2007, a gorgeous didone headline font based on a 1838 wood type font by George Nesbitt).
• Roman X Condensed (a great didone font), Roman X Expanded, Roman Wells Bold.
• Rubens Regular (2005) and Rubens Expanded Regular (2018).
• Sainted Medium, Sainted Extra Bold (2018). Two slab serif typefaces.
• Skeleton Antique (2005-2012). Based on a William Page original from 1865.
• Slab Four Rounded (2010, +Bold, +Super).
• Stymie Extra Bold (2018).
• Teniers Regular.
• Teutonic.
• Thorowgood (2010): a relatively low-contrast Clarendon based on a wood specimen sheet. Thorowgood Wide was done in 2013.
• Times Gothic (2009).
• Trenton, Trenton Condensed (2005, based on an 1889 typeface by James Edward Hamilton), Trenton Ornamented.
• Trooper Roman Black (2020).
• Tuscan Egyptian, Tuscan Italian.
• Video Black (2020).
• Venusian Bold Extended (2018). The name refers perhaps to the classic Bauersche sans typeface Venus.
• William Page 500, William Page 506.
• Wood Regular (2005).

Showcase of his most popular fonts at MyFonts. Klingspor link.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Wooden Type Fonts (was: American Wood Type and, Wooden Type)
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INTERNAL LINKS
Wood Type ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Western fonts ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Type scene in Vermont ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Modern style [Bodoni, Didot, Walbaum, Thorowgood, Computer Modern, etc.] ⦿ Textura ⦿ Clarendon ⦿ Morris Fuller Benton ⦿ Cheltenham ⦿ Tuscan fonts ⦿ Stencil fonts ⦿