Specimen of printing types by V. & J. Figgins, successors to Vincent Figgins, letter founder.

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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.