Clarendon (typeface)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. (November 2007) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. |
 |
|
| Typeface | Clarendon |
|---|---|
| Category | Serif |
| Classifications | Slab serif |
| Designer(s) | Robert Besley |
| Foundry | Fann Street |
| Sample | |
 (Show all characters) |
|
Clarendon is an English slab-serif typeface that was created in England by Robert Besley for the Fann Street Foundry in 1845 . Besley went as far as trying to patent the typeface, though this failed. The original matrices and punches remained at Stephenson Blake and latterly at the Type Museum, London. They were marketed by Stephenson Blake as Consort, though some additional weights (a bold and italics) were cut in the 1950s.
It was named after the Clarendon Press in Oxford. The typeface was reworked by the Monotype foundry in 1935 . It was revised by Hermann Eidenbenz in 1953.
Clarendon was used by the United States National Park Service on traffic signs, but has been replaced by NPS Rawlinson Roadway.
![The Clarendon typeface was often used for the WANTED posters in the Old West.[citation needed]](../../../../images/local/thumb/0/05/Clarendon_WANTED_kerned.png/300px-Clarendon_WANTED_kerned.png)
[edit] External links
- How wood type tamed the west
- List of fonts of the Clarendon typeface family at MyFonts.com
- List of fonts of the Clarendon typeface family at Fonts.com
- List of fonts of the Clarendon typeface family at Linotype.com
