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Fann Street Foundry

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The Fann Street Foundry was a type foundry (a company that designs or distributes typefaces) that was located on Fann Street, City of London. [1]

15 relations: Charles Reed (British politician), City of London, Clarendon (typeface), Dictionary of National Biography, Fann Street, Oxford University Press, Patent, Robert Besley, Robert Thorne (typographer), Sans-serif, Stephenson Blake, Talbot Baines Reed, Type foundry, Typeface, William Thorowgood.

Charles Reed (British politician)

Sir Charles Reed FSA (19 June 1819 – 25 March 1881) was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for Hackney and St Ives, Chairman of the London School Board, Director and Trustee of the original Abney Park Cemetery Joint Stock Company, Chairman of the Bunhill Fields Preservation Committee, associate of George Peabody, lay Congregationalist, and owner of a successful commercial typefounding business in London.

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City of London

The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.

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Clarendon (typeface)

Clarendon is the name of a slab-serif typeface that was released in 1845 by Thorowgood and Co.

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Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885.

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Fann Street

Fann Street is a street in the City of London.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Patent

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state or intergovernmental organization to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.

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Robert Besley

Robert Besley (1794–1876) was an English typographer, creator of Clarendon (typeface) in 1845 and the Lord Mayor of London in 1869.

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Robert Thorne (typographer)

Robert Thorne (1754–1820) was a British typographer and type founder.

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Sans-serif

In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes.

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Stephenson Blake

Stephenson Blake is an engineering company based in Sheffield.

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Talbot Baines Reed

Talbot Baines Reed (3 April 1852 – 28 November 1893) was an English writer of boys' fiction who established a genre of school stories that endured into the mid-20th century.

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Type foundry

A type foundry is a company that designs or distributes typefaces.

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Typeface

In typography, a typeface (also known as font family) is a set of one or more fonts each composed of glyphs that share common design features.

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William Thorowgood

William Thorowgood (died 1877) was a British typographer and type founder.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fann_Street_Foundry

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