Vincent Figgins
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title:
Vincent Figgins
text:
Vincent Figgins was a British typefounder based in London, who cast and sold metal type for printing. After an apprenticeship with typefounder Joseph Jackson, he established his own type foundry in 1792. His company was extremely successful and, with its range of modern serif faces and display typefaces, had a strong influence on the styles of British printing in the nineteenth century. A successor company continued to make type until the 1970s. Figgins introduced or popularised both slab-serif
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British typefounder
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Figgins
date created:
2011-10-04T22:01:45Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T20:04:05Z
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