Windsor (typeface) explained

Windsor
Style:Serif
Classifications:Display
Creator:Elisha Pechey
Foundry:Stephenson Blake
Creationdate:1905

Windsor is a serif typeface created by Elisha Pechey (1831-1902) and released by the Stephenson Blake type foundry.[1] It is intended for use such as display and in headings rather than for body text.

Capitals M and W are widely splayed, P and R have very large upper bowls. The lowercase a, h, m and n of the Windsor font have angled right hand stems, e has an angled cross-stroke. Bitstream in their release notes to its digitisation call it 'a creative variation on the old-style form'.[2]

Releases

Various foundries have released versions, including Linotype, Elsner+Flake, URW++ and Mecanorma. As many early digitisations were sublicensed, several of these may represent the same digitisation marketed by different rights-holders, possibly upgraded with modern features such as contextual ligature substitution. A range of weights have been created for it, such as condensed, outline, and bold.[3]

An unrelated face, also called Windsor, was designed by Edwin W. Shaar for Intertype in 1960.

Miles Newlyn designed the New Spirit typeface, based on the Windsor typeface.[4]

In popular culture

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eleisha Pechey. Linotype. 10 January 2016.
  2. Web site: Windsor. MyFonts. Bitstream. 10 January 2016.
  3. Web site: Windsor Elongated in a Stephenson Blake brochure. Daily Type Specimen. 10 January 2016.
  4. Web site: New Spirit. Miles Newlyn. 23 December 2020.
  5. http://kitblog.com/2007/12/woody_allens_typography.html Woody Allen's typography: Is this fetish or brand identity?
  6. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0091920213 Mere Anarchy
  7. http://fifelake.com/gpk/ GPK Card Name Font
  8. http://boardgamegeek.com/images/boardgame/5852/punch-line Punch Line image gallery at BoardGameGeek
  9. https://i1.wp.com/www.comicsbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/HBYBBOV_CVR_VAR_MOCK-UP_WORKING-min.jpg?fit=1294%2C553&ssl=1 Hellboy: The Beast of Vargu cover preview
  10. https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/18-149/Hellboy-Library-Edition-Volume-5#prettyPhoto Hellboy Library Edition Vol. 5