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old-face Typog.
[See face n. 22.]
A typeface characterized by a pleasingly irregular appearance with little contrast between thick and thin strokes and with bracketed serifs, modelled on the roman and italic letters that were derived from classical inscriptions and early humanist hands and used by printers of the 15th to 18th centuries. Also attrib. Also old-faced a.
[1824J. Johnson Typographia II. xix. 647 Such letter..could not possibly last so long as that of the old cut.] 1863G. Unwin (title) Specimens of the old-faced series of type in use at the Gresham Steam-press. 1875Caslon's Circular July 1/1 He [sc. Charles Whittingham] was supplied by Mr. Caslon with the complete series of original old-face founts. Ibid., There appeared in the market a modern imitation of the old-face character called Old Style. Ibid. 1/2 There followed a demand for the old-face founts. 1888C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 90 Old-cut type, founts similar to the Caslon old-faced type. 1922D. B. Updike Printing Types II. xxi. 201 In England Caslon types are called ‘old face’. 1923Morison & Jackson Brief Survey Printing ii. 16 The raw material of the revival was ready as far back as the year 1720, when Caslon set up his type foundry and began the casting of the now famous old face founts which have become classical. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 25 June (Suppl.) p. i/2 Bold woodcuts stencilled with bright colours on a large page need stronger support than can be furnished by a quiet old-face in readable eleven-point. 1951S. Jennett Making of Bks. xii. 198 Text faces can be divided into two clear categories, known to the printer as ‘old faces’ and ‘modern faces’; such types as had appeared up to and including Caslon..are grouped under the term ‘old face’... The chief characteristic of old-face types is the fundamental relation of the line to that made by the pen. The stress is tilted..and the accent diminishes gradually into the thin stroke without obvious junction; exaggeration and artificial emphasis are generally avoided. 1972P. Gaskell New Introd. Bibliogr. 210 The demand for the old faces came to an abrupt end. Ibid. 212 From the 1840s there was a gradually quickening revival of interest in old-face romans. |