Released by ATF in 1904. Its design is
generally credited to Joseph W. Phinney, but some authorities give
some or all credit to Morris F. Benton. It is a modernized adaption of
Priory Text, an 1870s version of
Caslon Text. Two forms for ‘V’ and ‘W’.
Flemish Black offered a different set of caps.
[McGrew 1993]
Oud-Hollands (sold in Germany as
Alt-Holländisch, “Old Dutch) appears to be a copy
issued by Amsterdam in 1910 [Reichardt 2011].
Monotype’s variation is
Old
English. It can be distinguished by the missing spurs on
‘bhk’, among other things. There are digital versions of
Cloister Black from Bitstream/Tilde and CastleType.
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Released by ATF in 1904. Its design is generally credited to Joseph W. Phinney, but some authorities give some or all credit to Morris F. Benton. It is a modernized adaption of Priory Text, an 1870s version of Caslon Text. Two forms for ‘V’ and ‘W’. Flemish Black offered a different set of caps. [McGrew 1993]
Oud-Hollands (sold in Germany as Alt-Holländisch, “Old Dutch) appears to be a copy issued by Amsterdam in 1910 [Reichardt 2011].
Monotype’s variation is Old English. It can be distinguished by the missing spurs on ‘bhk’, among other things. There are digital versions of Cloister Black from Bitstream/Tilde and CastleType. The latter, Cloister Black CT, has the alternate form for ‘V’.
