A lighter version of Engravers
Old English, designed by Morris
Fuller Benton and cut by ATF in 1901. A
Shaded variant followed about 1913. Copied by Monotype as
Wedding Text, by Mergenthaler Linotype as Lino
Text, and by Hansen and Ludlow as Society
Text. [McGrew
1993]
Wagner & Schmidt made a copy before 1908 and sold matrices to
various foundries. European copies, at least some of which derived
from this version, include Lipsia (L. Wagner), Elite Kanzlei (Stempel,
1905), Amor (Brötz & Glock), Meta (Ludwig
& Mayer, 1908), Kaart Gothiek (Amsterdam, 1913),
Linkoln Gotisch (Schriftguss, before 1921/Trennert),
Komtesse (Rühl), Lithographia (Tech),
Festival Text (Stephenson Blake, 1934). [Reichardt
2011]
Digitizations More…
A lighter version of Engravers Old English, designed by Morris Fuller Benton and cut by ATF in 1901. A Shaded variant followed about 1913. Copied by Monotype as Wedding Text, by Mergenthaler Linotype as Lino Text, and by Hansen and Ludlow as Society Text. [McGrew 1993]
Wagner & Schmidt made a copy before 1908 and sold matrices to various foundries. European copies, at least some of which derived from this version, include Lipsia (L. Wagner), Elite Kanzlei (Stempel, 1905), Amor (Brötz & Glock), Meta (Ludwig & Mayer, 1908), Kaart Gothiek (Amsterdam, 1913), Linkoln Gotisch (Schriftguss, before 1921/Trennert), Komtesse (Rühl), Lithographia (Tech), Festival Text (Stephenson Blake, 1934). [Reichardt 2011]
Digitizations by Bitstream and Monotype, both as Wedding Text. Tom Wallace’s Wedding (HiH, 2007) offers Headline and Regular styles. See also Mariage.
