![]() Named after the Boston neighborhood, Roslindale’s first style was published in June 2017 when I sent it out to my Font of the Month Club. Shortly thereafter, surrounded by specimen books in the lovely studio of Okay Type’s Jackson Cavanaugh, I started to formulate what my take on De Vinne should be. This offbeat “Elzevir” type made me wonder: can a typeface be simple and ornate at the same time? The idea sat around for a while, until Nick Sherman suggested that I take another look at De Vinne. ![]() Patrick is a collector in Antwerp with an amazing array of presses and type, and among the slabs and grots in his wood type collection I found this bizarre ugly duckling.Įven though I only emerged with a single blurry photo, I was charmed by its clunkiness and the unforgettable tension between the historicized look of the oldstyle letterforms and the rational mind of the Victorian designer. I first became interested in the De Vinne style in 2015, when Indra Kupferschmid invited me to tag along on a visit to the workshop of Patrick Goossens. ![]() ![]() Input Cipher (placeholder until October’s font is sent). ![]()
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