font_designer: William Page

Girder Heavy

Girder Heavy font

Based on a revival of one of the popular wooden type fonts of the 19th century, suitable for display, or text.

Peerless 131 Bold

Peerless 131 Bold font

A revival of one of the popular wooden type fonts of the 19th century, suitable for display, or text, closely related to Latin.

Country Western

Country Western font

Country Western is a revival of the classic William Page font known as Clarendon Ornamented originally designed in 1859 and again in 1877 by Vanderburgh & Wells. This version combines the best of both...

Country Western Swing

Country Western Swing font

Country Western is a revival of the classic William Page font known as Clarendon Ornamented originally designed in 1859 and again in 1877 by Vanderburgh & Wells. This version combines the best of both...

Rigney

Rigney font

Bill Rigney, an old job printer in my home town, established his shop in 1896, closed it in 1900 to take a steady job, stored the equipment in a large shed, and reopened for...

Minnesota

Minnesota font

Another of the “must have” wood types for those doing poster work with an old-time flavor. Very readable, therefore very useful. We did ads for an old western tourist railroad, and used this often....

Bindweed

Bindweed font

From an old wood type owned by a San Francisco printer. Wood types were customarily given somewhat generic names (Antique Tuscan) or, more frequently, numbers to identify them. Our clients liked colorful, easily-remembered names...

Gilbey

Gilbey font

Although wood types are found throughout the world, most of the decorative one originated in the United States. This one would work well on theatrical playbills, and advertising for tourist railroads, wild west shows...

Unique Wood

Unique Wood font

Wood type maker W. H. Page designed this in 1870. Caps, figures and points only. A great decorative for old-timey poster work.