Pretorian probably originated at P.M. Shanks and
Sons, Ltd., The Patent Type Foundry, London. [Petzendorfer]
Also came in an Outline style. [Reichardt
2011] Caslon showed a wood type version in 3 widths as
Rhodesian. [c.1900s
specimen]
Revived for phototypsetting by Photo-Lettering as Xenotype
3466 [Art Nouveau Xenotypes 1895–1905, 1962]
and by Facsimile Fonts as Pretorian [Gorissen
1974], and by Letraset as rub-down type [Letraset
Type Tree in Modern Publicity, 1976].
Digitized most successfully as Pretorian DT by Ron
Carpenter and Malcolm Wooden (DTP Types Limited, 1992), adding
Inline, Profile (Outline) and Handtooled styles. Ray Larabie’s
Reagan
(Typodermic, 2007) is a weathered interpretation. Other less
commendable versions include OPTI Pretoria
(Castcraft), More…
Pretorian probably originated at P.M. Shanks and Sons, Ltd., The Patent Type Foundry, London. [Petzendorfer] Also came in an Outline style. [Reichardt 2011] Caslon showed a wood type version in 3 widths as Rhodesian. [c.1900s specimen]
Revived for phototypsetting by Photo-Lettering as Xenotype 3466 [Art Nouveau Xenotypes 1895–1905, 1962] and by Facsimile Fonts as Pretorian [Gorissen 1974], and by Letraset as rub-down type [Letraset Type Tree in Modern Publicity, 1976].
Digitized most successfully as Pretorian DT by Ron Carpenter and Malcolm Wooden (DTP Types Limited, 1992), adding Inline, Profile (Outline) and Handtooled styles. Ray Larabie’s Reagan (Typodermic, 2007) is a weathered interpretation. Other less commendable versions include OPTI Pretoria (Castcraft), Pretoria (SoftMaker, 2019). Storybook (anon., 1992), Vivian (Dieter Steffmann, 2000, possibly a revision of Storybook), and Pretoria Gross (Intellecta Design, 2009).
