A formal script sold by Deberny
& Cie and later Deberny
& Peignot, known as (Écritures)
Calligraphiques.
Acquired by Stempel and reworked as
Künstler-Schreibschrift. Differences are
size-specific, but Deberny’s version is distinguished by
non-ligning-numerals and a smaller bowl in R.
Carried by Gans under the name
Inglesa Excelsior and by Nebiolo as Inglese Vicentino.
Acquired by Typefoundry Amsterdam and issued in the Netherlands
in 1906 as Excelsior Script.
Acquired by Stephenson Blake and issued in England in 1912 as
Society Script. [Millington 2002] Millington mentions that
the larger sizes were known as Écritures More…
A formal script sold by Deberny & Cie and later Deberny & Peignot, known as (Écritures) Calligraphiques.
Acquired by Stempel and reworked as Künstler-Schreibschrift. Differences are size-specific, but Deberny’s version is distinguished by non-ligning-numerals and a smaller bowl in R.
Carried by Gans under the name Inglesa Excelsior and by Nebiolo as Inglese Vicentino.
Acquired by Typefoundry Amsterdam and issued in the Netherlands in 1906 as Excelsior Script.
Acquired by Stephenson Blake and issued in England in 1912 as Society Script. [Millington 2002] Millington mentions that the larger sizes were known as Écritures Taille-Douce in France, but that’s a different (albeit related) design. Or maybe Society Script’s larger sizes were based on that other design?
