Cut by Robert Wiebking (or Edmond C. Fisher [Precision Type]) in
Roman (1911), Italic (1912) and Bold (1913) styles. [Reichardt
2011] Initially named Craftsman and
Art-Craft. First ads appeared in 1913 by Wiebking’s
own Advance Type Foundry, which was soon after acquired by Western
Type Foundry. [Circuitous
Root]
Also carried by Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, Lanston Monotype,
Ludlow, Hansen (as The Graphic Arts), J. John (as Hamburger Antiqua, Roman
and Italic), Wimble (as Wellington, 3 styles).
Stephenson Blake bought matrices from WTF and cast the Roman and
Italic as Chippendale in 1915 [Reichardt
2011], which is how Letraset named their adaptation for dry
transfer lettering.
Digitally revived as URW Artcraft (URW, 2 weights,
before 1999), by Jim Ford as Artcraft Pro (Ascender,
2008, with alternates, swashes and ligatures; used for the sample),
and, less More…
Cut by Robert Wiebking (or Edmond C. Fisher [Precision Type]) in Roman (1911), Italic (1912) and Bold (1913) styles. [Reichardt 2011] Initially named Craftsman and Art-Craft. First ads appeared in 1913 by Wiebking’s own Advance Type Foundry, which was soon after acquired by Western Type Foundry. [Circuitous Root]
Also carried by Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, Lanston Monotype, Ludlow, Hansen (as The Graphic Arts), J. John (as Hamburger Antiqua, Roman and Italic), Wimble (as Wellington, 3 styles). Stephenson Blake bought matrices from WTF and cast the Roman and Italic as Chippendale in 1915 [Reichardt 2011], which is how Letraset named their adaptation for dry transfer lettering.
Digitally revived as URW Artcraft (URW, 2 weights, before 1999), by Jim Ford as Artcraft Pro (Ascender, 2008, with alternates, swashes and ligatures; used for the sample), and, less successfully, as OPTI Artcraft (Castcraft, 1990–1991, Light) and by Nathan Williams as Heirloom Artcraft (Baseline Fonts, 2013, 4 weights with italics). Federlyn NF (Nick’s Fonts, 2011, with initials) is a loose interpretation.
