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Out of curiosity, I looked at the book in question to see if there was colophon information. Some books include the typeface names used. This one did not.

Then I did a search for 19th century free ebooks with type specimens and found one called Shniedewend & Lee Co's specimen book and price list of type, Shniedewend & Lee Co, Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan (1873) ( link ). Most (read: all) publishers/printers use(d) manufactured typefaces and in the 1870s, specimen books were the way they picked and purchased them.

On page 174 I see a specimen labeled "English Monastic" which is pretty close.

It looks like someone made a "free for personal use" font named "K22 Monastic" which is based upon this or one like it ( link )

Out of curiosity, I looked at the book in question to see if there was colophon information. Some books include the typeface names used. This one did not.

Then I did a search for 19th century free ebooks with type specimens and found one called Shniedewend & Lee Co's specimen book and price list of type, Shniedewend & Lee Co, Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan (1873) ( link )

On page 174 I see a specimen labeled "English Monastic" which is pretty close.

It looks like someone made a "free for personal use" font named "K22 Monastic" which is based upon this or one like it ( link )

Out of curiosity, I looked at the book in question to see if there was colophon information. Some books include the typeface names used. This one did not.

Then I did a search for 19th century free ebooks with type specimens and found one called Shniedewend & Lee Co's specimen book and price list of type, Shniedewend & Lee Co, Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan (1873) ( link ). Most (read: all) publishers/printers use(d) manufactured typefaces and in the 1870s, specimen books were the way they picked and purchased them.

On page 174 I see a specimen labeled "English Monastic" which is pretty close.

It looks like someone made a "free for personal use" font named "K22 Monastic" which is based upon this or one like it ( link )

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horatio
  • 9.1k
  • 1
  • 20
  • 31

Out of curiosity, I looked at the book in question to see if there was colophon information. Some books include the typeface names used. This one did not.

Then I did a search for 19th century free ebooks with type specimens and found one called Shniedewend & Lee Co's specimen book and price list of type, Shniedewend & Lee Co, Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan (1873) ( link )

On page 174 I see a specimen labeled "English Monastic" which is pretty close.

It looks like someone made a "free for personal use" font named "K22 Monastic" which is based upon this or one like it ( link )