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Alexander Phemister of United Kingdom

Born: Edinburgh, 1829
Died: 1894

Scottish punchcutter active in the revival of oldstyle designs at Miller & Richard in the 1850s. He went to America in 1861, working at the Bruce typefoundry for two years, and then for the Dickinson foundry. In 1872 this foundry was ravaged by fire; Phemister was made a partner by its founder Samuel Nelson Dickinson and worked there until retirement in 1891.


Fonts by Alexander Phemister

Bookman

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Activities

  Type Design
  Punchcutting


Related Links

 • Scottish Book Trade Index - National Library of Scotland



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