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Roman Extended Fatface

Fatface refers to a ultra-black didone style, credited to Robert Thorne in England in the early 1800s. It was introduced in wood type by Darius Wells in his 1828 wood speciman catalog, Letter Cutter. Most other early wood type manufacturers mimicked this style. An extended Fatface can be found in the 1838 book by George Nesbitt, First Premium Wood Types Cut by Machinery, where the design is credited to Edwin Allen. Hamilton Wood Type gives a partial list of extended Faftface wood types:

  • Heber & Wells: Roman Expanded (No. 5150) (Later Hamilton 5150), (and an even wider) Roman Extended (No. 5151) (later Hamilton 5151).
  • Wm. H. Page: Roman Extended (No 239).
  • Cooley: Roman Extended No.1.
  • Allen: Roman Extended.
  • Bill Stark & Co.: Roman Extended.
  • Knox: Extended Roman.
  • Morgans & Wilcox: Roman Extended.
  • Tubbs: Roman Extended (No 2028).

Digital versons:

  • HWT Roman Extended Fatface (2014). By Jim Lyles at Hamilton Wood Type / P22.
  • AWT Wells Roman Extrabold (2013, Dick Pape; after an 1828 fat typeface didone by Darius Wells).

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