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ROOSTERS!!

This past Typography Tuesday, we highlighted some fancy-pants wood-engraved initialsfrom Charles Enschedé‘s historical survey of Dutch types, Fonderies de caractères et leur matériel dans les Pays-Bas du XVe au XIXe siècle,published in Harlem by De Erven F. Bohn in 1908. Besides surveying metal and wood types used in Dutch printing, this weighty tome also includes many pages of historic cuts used by Dutch printers.

Because we are in somewhat of a fowl mood, today we present a sampling of ROOSTERS! from Mr. Enschedé‘s selection of cuts. We’re cock-sure you’ll just crow over these fine-feathered foundry fellows. Click on the images for the engraving credits.

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