Cut by John F. Cumming [Reichardt/Hoefer] for Dickinson [ATF 1895–96]. Quaint Open was
advertised in Dec. 1888 [Inland
Printer] and again in Feb. 1989, now with the solid
Quaint and a “patent applied for” note. [Inland
Printer] Alternates incl. for ‘BNORS’, a catchword for
“and”, and triangular ornaments. Morgans
& Wilcox showed a wood type version in 1891. [Kelly 1969]
Also sold by Brendler as
Othello (solid) with Desdemona (open), by
Urania as Serie
Bohème, and by Augusta as
Falstaff. [Reichardt 2011] Brendler’s
Desdemona was reproduced in Petzendorfer’s
Schriftenatlas, Neue Folge (1903–1905), w/ alternate ‘S’.
“In the 1960s, John McConnell revived Desdemona
when he and Chris Dubber started Face Photosetting, one of the
first of European advertising type companies in London.” [Ascender].
Came in two variants named Desdemona (open) and
Desdemona Solid, both w/ alternate ‘S’ [Face c.1981].
Desdemona Solid was adopted by Letraset in their
Letragraphica range. [Letraset 1976]
While Face’s revival stays close to the Petzendorfer showing,
Letraset’s exhibits some differences, most notably More…
Cut by John F. Cumming [Reichardt/Hoefer] for Dickinson [ATF 1895–96]. Quaint Open was advertised in Dec. 1888 [Inland Printer] and again in Feb. 1989, now with the solid Quaint and a “patent applied for” note. [Inland Printer] Alternates incl. for ‘BNORS’, a catchword for “and”, and triangular ornaments. Morgans & Wilcox showed a wood type version in 1891. [Kelly 1969]
Also sold by Brendler as Othello (solid) with Desdemona (open), by Urania as Serie Bohème, and by Augusta as Falstaff. [Reichardt 2011] Brendler’s Desdemona was reproduced in Petzendorfer’s Schriftenatlas, Neue Folge (1903–1905), w/ alternate ‘S’.
“In the 1960s, John McConnell revived Desdemona when he and Chris Dubber started Face Photosetting, one of the first of European advertising type companies in London.” [Ascender]. Came in two variants named Desdemona (open) and Desdemona Solid, both w/ alternate ‘S’ [Face c.1981]. Desdemona Solid was adopted by Letraset in their Letragraphica range. [Letraset 1976] While Face’s revival stays close to the Petzendorfer showing, Letraset’s exhibits some differences, most notably in ‘OPQWY8’. Ronné Bonder made another phototype revival named RB-Trocadero in solid and outline styles [Stulle 1985].
Digital versions include Desdemona (open) by David Berlow for Font Bureau (1992, bundled with Microsoft Office 4.3), Desdemona Black and Open by Richard Beatty (1994, w/ small caps and ornaments), and Quaint Gothic by Jim Spiece.
