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Heber Wells

Youngest son of Darius Wells, and, just like his father, a wood type manufacturer in New York. His father's company had fallen into the hands of E.R. Webb, who died in 1864. It was then that Heber Wells, together with Alexander Vanderburgh and Henry Low took over, to form Vanderburgh, Wells&Co. Heber Wells buys out the others some time later, and the company becomes just Heber Wells. It was absorbed by Hamilton in 1898.

Digital typefaces based on Heber Wells's work include Mansard ExtraBold (2005, Jordan Davies) and the following typefaces by Dick Pape: AWT Heber Well Teniers Unique (2013), AWT Page No. 851 (2013, after a font by William H. Page from 1878, but essentially the same as Mansard by Heber Wells), AWT Page Roman Aetna (2013, after an 1870 typeface by William Page, which is essentially Painter's Roman by Heber Wells; see also Doric by Morgans & Wilcox). Paul Hunt's HWT Bulletin Script Two (2014) is based upon William Page No. 111-113 and Heber Wells' Bulletin Condensed No. 1.

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file name: Jordan Davies Mansard Extra Bold 2005 after Heber Wells 1878


file name: Hamilton Teniers Unique No237 1888 after Heber Wells No165


file name: Dick Pape A W T Heber Wells Teniers Unique 2013


file name: Dick Pape A W T Page No51 2013 after William H Page 1878 Mansard Heber Wells


file name: Dick Pape A W T Page Roman Aetna 2013 after William H Page 1870 Painters Roman Heber Wells Doric Morgans Wilcox


file name: Dick Pape A W T Page Roman Aetna 2013 after William H Page 1870 Painters Roman Heber Wells Doric Morgans Wilcox


file name: P22 Bulletin Script 2014 William Page No111 113 Morgans Wilcox Bulletin Script Heber Wells Bulletin Condensed No1


file name: Paul Hunt H W T Bulletin Script Two 2014 William Page No111 113 Morgans Wilcox Bulletin Script Heber Wells Bulletin Condensed No1


file name: Paul Hunt H W T Bulletin Script Two 2014 William Page No111 113 Morgans Wilcox Bulletin Script Heber Wells Bulletin Condensed No1


file name: Paul Hunt H W T Bulletin Script Two 2014 William Page No111 113 Morgans Wilcox Bulletin Script Heber Wells Bulletin Condensed No1







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