Vincent Figgins (1766 – 29 February 1844) was a British typefounder based in London, who cast and sold metal type for printing. After an apprenticeship...
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Figgins is a surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include: Vincent Figgins (1766–1844), English typeface designer James Figgins (1811–1884)...
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Fat face (redirect from Big Figgins)
replaced by blackletter. Mosley has particularly praised those of Vincent Figgins' foundry (digitised by Matthew Carter as Elephant, above): "exaggeration...
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first Figgins specimen to show them was an "1815" specimen containing 1817 watermarked paper, held by Oxford University Press; other 1815-dated Figgins specimens...
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Stevens, Shanks & Sons Ltd. (section Figgins Foundry)
cast by the Figgins Foundry. Extra Onamented 2 Extended 3 Figgins Condensed No. 2 (c. 1870) originally cast by the Figgins Foundry. Figgins Shaded (1815)...
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wife), at Rare Book Room Specimen of Printing Types by Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder - the specimen book of London typefounder Vincent Figgins, 1834...
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faces of the period, but much bolder), slab serifs (first seen from Vincent Figgins around 1817), sans-serifs (already used in custom lettering but effectively...
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1782–1863, Peninsular War soldier Vincent Figgins, 1766–1844, typefounder James Figgins, 1811-1884, MP, son of Vincent Figgins Sir Charles Fox, 1810–1874, civil...
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second sans-serif type known, published by Figgins in 1828. Sample image of condensed sans-serifs from the Figgins foundry of London in an 1845 specimen-book...
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first slab-serif to appear in print was created by the foundry of Vincent Figgins, and given the name "antique". Others rapidly appeared, using names...
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