Creator
Figgins, V. & J.
Title
Specimen of printing types by V. & J. Figgins, successors to Vincent Figgins, letter founder.
Coverage
[London]
Publisher
[ V. & J. Figgins]
Date
1840
Description
In 1815, English type founder Vincent Figgins (1766–1844) issued a full range of new and innovative faces, including one that Figgins called “Antique”—the first known showing of a slab-serif display face, a style which gained popularity in the early nineteenth century and was later dubbed “Egyptian.”
Source
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1903.