Y for Yellow Legs - French Clarendon, 12 line, via RRK Collection X for Xanthornus - Cheltenham Outline, 6 line (no mark) 9, 20 line (Page & Co stamp), via RRK Collection V for Vulture - Goudy Extra Bold, 12 line (Hamilton) O for Owl - Antique Tuscan, 24 line (no mark), via RRK Collection N for Nightingale - De Vinne, 12 line, via RRK Collection
500, 15 line (by Page), via RRK Collection L for Lyryrus - unknown Gothic Condensed, 30 line Better known under the name used by Ludlow for the metal version, Umbra. K for Kite - Shadow, 12 line (by American Wood Type Mfg. J for Jager - Aldine, 12 line, via RRK Collection H for Heron - Cooper Black, 15 line, via Printing Museum Source: Hamilton’s Wood Type, Catalog No 14 (1899) Co.), via Printing MuseumĮ for Eagle - Ancient Gothic, 6 line, via RRK Collectionį for Fly Catcher - possibly Hamilton No. Source: Hamilton’s Wood Type, Catalog No 14 (1899)Ĭ for Condor - Grecian, 15 line (by Cooley), via Printing Museumĭ for Dove - Balloon, 12 line (by American Wood Type Mfg. Nevertheless he was able to identify most of the wood type used for the alphabet pages, and kindly shared this info:Ī for Albatross - an unidentified bifurcated Tuscan, 12 lineī for Bustard - possibly Hamilton No. That’s why he didn’t document what typefaces he was pulling. Henderson didn’t really intend this to be a type specimen piece at the time it was made. The title is set in Clarendon Extended, with Aldine Expanded used for “of”. & Ink, Inc., a letterpress studio in Chicago, operated by Henderson together with Dud Lawson. All other fonts used for this piece come from the wood type collection at Depression Press Mfg. The original book from 1854 was set in one of the generic romans often named Modern or Scotch. It was recently sold in a fundraiser for Chicago Art Department.
The result is a unique artwork that appeals to bird lovers and typophiles alike.
#Vintage font alphabet plus
Henderson then pasted the 26 pages plus text clippings and the title onto a wood panel measuring 40×30 inches. 163 years later, in 2017, Kent Henderson transformed a worn copy into something new and spectacular: for his Alphabet of Birds, he sliced and diced the pages, and overprinted the engravings with a single red letter. Try a search!Īn Alphabet of Birds is a vintage book published by Lippincott, Grambo, & Co., Philadelphia, in 1854.
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