Creator
Ashendene Press
Title
Specimens of Type used at the Ashendene Press
Coverage
[Chelsea]
Publisher
[Ashendene Press]
Date
[1925]
Description
In 1901, inspired by a visit to the Kelmscott Press, Hornby replaced the Fell types with his own proprietary Subiaco typeface, based on the gothic rotunda-style type used by the first press in Italy. In 1925, he added Ptolemy, derived from a fifteenth-century German model.
Relation
Photo credit: Nicole Neenan