Plantinn.
/ˈplantᵻn/, U.S. /ˈplæntn/ Typography.
Any of a class of old-face types based on a 16th-cent. Flemish original.The first of these was designed by F. H. Pierpont for the Monotype Corporation in 1913.
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old style1868
imprint1913
Plantin1914
old-face1931
1914 Monotype Recorder July 68 (caption) First showing of light face Plantin O.S.
1929 F. Meynell Typogr. Newspaper Advts. 28 Plantin (particularly the Monotype face) declares in its strength and straightness that it stands for the machine-seller.
1951 S. Jennett Making of Bks. xv. 262 Types like Times and Plantin, which are so large on the body that they are unpleasant when set solid, become useful and legible when they are suitably leaded.
1995 A. Levy Every Light in House Burnin' x. 129 Only seconds earlier I had been discussing the merits of the Plantin typeface over Gill sans light.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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