In 1890 a leader of the Arts & & Crafts motion in England called William Morris established Kelmscott Press. He was an admirer of Jenson's Roman and drew his own somewhat darker version called GOLDEN, which he used for the hand-printing of limited editions on homemade paper, starting the revival of fine printing in England.
Morris' efforts pertained to the attention of Joseph Warren Phinney, manager of the Dickinson Type Foundry of Boston. Phinney asked for consent to issue a commercial version, however Morris was philosophically opposed and flatly declined. So Phinney designed a commercial variation of Golden type and launched it in 1893 as Jenson Oldstyle. Phinney Jenson is our variation of Phinney's version of Morris' variation of Nicolas Jenson's Roman.
We chose a view of the Piazza San Marco in Venice for our gallery illustration of Phinney Jenson ML since many of the primary structures on the Piazza were currently standing when Jenson showed up in Vienna in 1470. The initial Campanile was completed in 1173 (the 1912 replacement is partly visible left wing). The Basilica di San Marco was substantially total by 1300. The Doge's Palace (not in the picture, however beside the Basilica) was substantially total by 1450. Even the Torre dell' Orologio (Clock Tower) might have been finished by 1470-certainly by 1500.
Phinney Jenson ML has a 'rough-and-ready' strength, appropriate for headings and short blocks of text. We have sought to preserve some of the crudeness of the nineteenth-century original. For contrast, see the more refined Centaur, Bruce Rogers's interpretation of Jenson Roman. Phinney Jenson ML has a strong presence that will help your documents stand out from the Times New Roman blizzard that threatens to cover us all.
Phinney Jenson ML Includes:
1. Glyphs for the 1252 Western Europe, 1250 Central Europe, the 1252 Turkish and the 1257 Baltic Code Pages. Accented glyphs for Cornish and Old Gaelic. Total of 393 glyphs. 400 kerning pairs.
2. OpenType GSUB design functions: onum, pnum, salt, liga, dlig, hisy and ornm.
3. Tabular (std), proportional (opt) & & old-style numbers (choose).
5. CcNnOoSsZz-kreska available (salt).
Font Family:
· Phinney Jenson
· Phinney Jenson Bold
Tags: 1890s, american, italian, oldstyle, retro, revival, serif, venetian, vintage