Released in 1893 for the Dickinson branch of ATF. This is Joseph
Warren Phinney’s unauthorized take on William Morris’s 1890s
Golden Type, or Morris Golden, a chunky interpretation of
Nicholas Jenson’s Renaissance types. [HiH]
“Jenson Italic was introduced at the same time as the
roman. ATF advertised Phinney’s Jenson Heavyface in
1899 […] Jenson Condensed and Bold
Condensed were introduced in 1901.” [McGrew 1993] Sold by Stephenson Blake as
Italian Old Style (not to be confused with other types
of the same name).
Digitized by Colin Kahn as LTC
Jenson (used for sample), incl. Italic and Heavyface.
Other digital versions include HiH’s Phinney
Jenson, a revival of the Bold
Condensed drawn by Brignall and Sack for Letraset and now
published by ITC and Elsner+Flake, More…
Released in 1893 for the Dickinson branch of ATF. This is Joseph Warren Phinney’s unauthorized take on William Morris’s 1890s Golden Type, or Morris Golden, a chunky interpretation of Nicholas Jenson’s Renaissance types. [HiH] “Jenson Italic was introduced at the same time as the roman. ATF advertised Phinney’s Jenson Heavyface in 1899 […] Jenson Condensed and Bold Condensed were introduced in 1901.” [McGrew 1993] Sold by Stephenson Blake as Italian Old Style (not to be confused with other types of the same name).
Digitized by Colin Kahn as LTC Jenson (used for sample), incl. Italic and Heavyface. Other digital versions include HiH’s Phinney Jenson, a revival of the Bold Condensed drawn by Brignall and Sack for Letraset and now published by ITC and Elsner+Flake, and a digitization of Hamilton’s wood type. See also ITC Golden Type, a more complete revival of the original Morris type.
