One of the popular wood type genres of the 19th century. Made by
many foundries and wood type makers in various widths. Lowercase
was added by some foundries in later years [Solotype].
Made by Wells & Webb in 1846 [Wooden Type
Fonts]. Cast in metal before 1891 by the Conner Type Foundry
[Reichardt 2011].
Digital revivals by Castcraft (as OPTI Grecian
Bold, 1990–91, no lowercase), Brendel (as
Rhodos, 1994, largely identical to the former), Dan X.
Solo (used for the sample), Jordan Davies (Bold and XX Condensed,
Wooden Type Fonts, 2005), Alan Jay Prescott (as
Griego, 2013, five styles), HFF (as Greek
ExCon, More…
One of the popular wood type genres of the 19th century. Made by many foundries and wood type makers in various widths. Lowercase was added by some foundries in later years [Solotype]. Made by Wells & Webb in 1846 [Wooden Type Fonts]. Cast in metal before 1891 by the Conner Type Foundry [Reichardt 2011].
Digital revivals by Castcraft (as OPTI Grecian Bold, 1990–91, no lowercase), Brendel (as Rhodos, 1994, largely identical to the former), Dan X. Solo (used for the sample), Jordan Davies (Bold and XX Condensed, Wooden Type Fonts, 2005), Alan Jay Prescott (as Griego, 2013, five styles), HFF (as Greek ExCon, 2011, based on Grecian Extra Condensed as shown in a Solotype catalog), and others. Dick Pape’s American Wood Type series includes five Grecians (2013, no lowercase, based on various sources).
