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P22 Basel Roman

P22 Basel Roman

by P22 Type Foundry
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P22 Basel Roman Font Family was designed by Richard Kegler and published by P22 Type Foundry. P22 Basel Roman contains 1 styles.

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About P22 Basel Roman Font Family


In mid 2001, P22 was approached by a Daniel Garrison, a Classics scholar at Northwestern University about possibly digitizing a long lost "Garamond" typeface. This font was used by Johannes Herbst (a.k.a. Ioannes Oporinus) in 1543 to publish Andreas Vesalius' "On the Fabric of the Human Body" (De humani corporis fabrica) in Basel. The story of the development of this font takes a few twists and almost becomes forgotten itself over time.Forteen years later it is available to the public.

Designers: Richard Kegler

Publisher: P22 Type Foundry

Foundry: P22 Type Foundry

Design Owner: P22 Type Foundry

MyFonts debut: Apr 16, 2020

P22 Basel Roman

About P22 Type Foundry

P22 Type Foundry is a digital type foundry and letterpress printing studio based in Rochester, New York. The company was created in 1994 in Buffalo, New York by co-founders Richard Kegler and Carima El-Behairy. The company is best known for its type designs, which have appeared in films and on numerous commercial products. The P22 Type Foundry retail font collection specializes in historical letterforms inspired by art, history, and science that otherwise have never been available previously in digital form. P22 works with museums and foundations to ensure the development of accurate historical typefaces, and with private clients to create custom bespoke fonts. P22 also offers special curated collections, including International House of Fonts (IHOF), Lanston Type Co. (LTC) and Hamilton Wood Type Collection (HWT), all under the P22 Type Foundry umbrella.

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