Although about 14 miles inland, Norwich, Connecticut lies at the head of the Thames River. The river is both broad and deep, and therefore was not bridged in the early 20th century. Till then, if you wanted to receive from Groton on the west bank to the whaling port of New London on the east bank by land, you had to go by method of Norwich.
Because of its size, the Thames is navigable all the method from Norwich to New London. Docks were built in Norwich around 1685 and the city became Connecticut's second largest port by 1800. With the construction of the Norwich & & Worcester Railroad in 1835, Page could quickly deliver his wood type north by rail or south by seaside schooner. Consisted of with our font, Norwich Aldine ML, are 2 19th century printer's ornaments of sailing ships similar to those that cruised up the Thames to Norwich. Recommendation: Moon's Handbooks, Connecticut 2nd Edition (Emeryville CA 2004)
The household has actually broadened from one to 4 fonts:
1. Norwich Aldine ML: the concept font style, computer-sharp corners and smooth curves, as we imagine it was created. 336 Glyphs consisting of some reduced-width options for better letter spacing.
2. Norwich Aldine Worn ML: the way real wood type would take care of have been used for a while. 332 Glyphs
3. Norwich Aldine Distressed ML: the method the wood type would look after it had really been utilized, perhaps abused. Alternatives to the more popular letters show the damage that usually takes place on a well-wormn font, with nicks, cuts and scratches and the general wear that minimizes the overall height and leads to unequal inking due to varying heights in the chase. A number of bullets appear like bullet holes. 345 glyphs.
4. Norwich Aldine Cyrillic: Cyrillic includes alll English and Cyrillic letters for MS Windows Code Page 1251, ISO 8859-5 and MacOS Cyrillic. 235 glyphs. We did Cyrillic because is was fun and we felt the standard style sobbed out for Cyrillic. While certainly subjective, we hope you will agree.
Font Family:
· Norwich Aldine
· Norwich Aldine Worn
· Norwich Aldine Distressed
· Norwich Cyrillic
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