Andrew Foulis

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Andrew Foulis (1712–1775) was a Scottish printer, brother of Robert Foulis. They worked in partnership as printers to the University of Glasgow.

Their publications were famous both for beauty and accuracy; the 554 works they printed included editions of Horace, Homer, Milton, and Thomas Gray. Although the prestige of their typography waned, it nonetheless represented high achievement in a style of the time. Their typefaces, the most enduring of which is Scotch Roman, were designed by Alexander Wilson.

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• The University of Guelph Library, Archival and Special Collections, has a collection of 400 Foulis Press publications. All records are catalogued and accessible at its introductory page [1].