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Fell, n.6|fɛl|
Name of John Fell (1625–86), dean of Christ Church and bishop of Oxford, designating the founts of type and matrices procured by him for the Oxford University Press, the use of which has been revived in recent years.
1900H. Hart Cent. Oxf. Typogr. p. ix, All doubts and conjectures as to where most of the Fell types were purchased may..now be regarded as disposed of. 1922D. B. Updike Printing Types II. 199 Caslon and Fell revivals. 1960G. A. Glaister Gloss. Bk. 134/2 Fell types, the type-face purchased by Doctor John Fell for the Oxford University Press, c 1672. They were cut by Dirck and Bartholomew Voskens of Amsterdam and were a source of inspiration to English type-designers of the time. They are in use today at the Clarendon Press, having been revived in 1876 by C. H. O. Daniel. 1966H. Williamson Methods Bk. Design (ed. 2) xi. 152 The larger Fell founts..have a bold irregularity which makes most founts now in use look prim. |