Psst… check out the new MyFonts beta site.
MyFonts Home
“Need fonts tuned for high on-screen legibility? Type screen!”
 
Cart
HomeFind FontsWhatTheFontCDsSpecialsStarletsMy AccountHelp
<< >>  ^

Robert Thorne of United Kingdom

Born: 1754
Died: 1820

English punchcutter and typefounder, designer of the first fat faces, founder of the Fann Street Foundry in 1794 and active until his death in 1820, when his foundry was sold to William Thorowgood.


Activities

  Company Boss
  Type Founding



About UsTestimonialsSell Your FontsBecome an AffiliateSite MapSign In

MyFonts   500 Nickerson Road   Marlborough MA 01752   USA
MyFonts and MyFonts.com are registered trademarks of Bitstream, Inc.
WhatTheFont and Starlets are trademarks of Bitstream, Inc.
Copyright © 1999–2009 Bitstream, Inc. PRIVACY POLICY

Shady characters should send email to Jonathan Gibbs.