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Wessex® from Font Bureau Wessex® is a Font Bureau font family with 5 styles priced from $40.00. Click a Purchase Options button below to view pricing and availability information for a particular group of fonts, or see purchase options for the entire family. |
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 Wessex Specimen PDF |
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Design Credits
First seen on MyFonts: January 1st, 2000
Designed by: Matthew Butterick
Designed when: 1993
Contained in Category: Transitional
Design owned by: Font Bureau
MyFonts Keywords: Baskerville, crisp, display, Dwiggins, high contrast, serif, sharp, text, titling, transitional
Wessex
Initially conceived by Matthew Butterick as a Bulmer revival, Wessex took on characteristics of Baskerville and Caledonia as design proceeded.
In 1938, W.A. Dwiggins had taken the hard necessities of the non-kerning line-caster italic duplexed onto the same widths as roman, and turned them into design virtues.
Inspired by the surprising beauty of his wide-bodied Caledonia italic, Butterick used it as a model for Wessex.
Among other uses, Wessex is recommended for Magazine, Book and Corporate use.
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• Font Bureau: Wessex Sample PDF (English)
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