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British engraver, stone carver and type designer, 1909-1979. He designed the garalde typeface Minerva (1954, Linotype) as a display typeface to accompany Gill's Pilgrim (or Bunyan) [he was Gill's student briefly]. He also designed the typeface Janet for private use, which was named after his wife, Janet Woods. Bio by Eason&Rookledge. He was famous for his wood-engraved lettering, which he put to good use on bookplates, title pages, and other inscriptions. See also here. A 1946 postage stamp designed by him. Digital typefaces influenced by Reynolds Stone include KM Minerva (2013, Kristian Moeller). |
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Luc Devroye ⦿ School of Computer Science ⦿ McGill University Montreal, Canada H3A 2K6 ⦿ lucdevroye@gmail.com ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org/fonts.html |