A collective entry for the series of fonts acquired by Bishop
John Fell and bequeathed to the Oxford University Press in 1686.
Some were cut in-house by Peter de Walpergen. “These faces were
among the first ‘Old Styles’ cast in England, and as such are an
essential link between the seventeenth century Dutch Old Styles of
Kis, Van Dijck and Voskens, and the eighteenth century English Old
Styles of William Caslon.” —
Hoefler & Co. “Since 1864 the Fell Types lived a revival based
on a renewed interest and began to be used again and new types were
cast from the original matrices.” — Marini
Digital revivals include Jonathan Hoefler’s HTF
Fell Types (1994) in roman, italic, small caps, based on
the “great primer” size; Igino Marini’s IM Fell series
(2000–2007) spanning 13 styles: DW
Pica, English
Roman, Great
Primer, Double
Pica, French
Canon (each in roman and italic), Three More…
A collective entry for the series of fonts acquired by Bishop John Fell and bequeathed to the Oxford University Press in 1686. Some were cut in-house by Peter de Walpergen. “These faces were among the first ‘Old Styles’ cast in England, and as such are an essential link between the seventeenth century Dutch Old Styles of Kis, Van Dijck and Voskens, and the eighteenth century English Old Styles of William Caslon.” — Hoefler & Co. “Since 1864 the Fell Types lived a revival based on a renewed interest and began to be used again and new types were cast from the original matrices.” — Marini
Digital revivals include Jonathan Hoefler’s HTF Fell Types (1994) in roman, italic, small caps, based on the “great primer” size; Igino Marini’s IM Fell series (2000–2007) spanning 13 styles: DW Pica, English Roman, Great Primer, Double Pica, French Canon (each in roman and italic), Three Lines Pica (roman caps only), Flowers (2 sets of ornaments); and Frank E. Blokland’s DTL Fell (2019). The sample uses IM Fell French Canon.
