Originally cut in c. 1886 by John
F. Cumming and sold by Dickinson
as Quaint with Quaint Open. With alternates for
‘BNR’, a catchword for “and”, and triangular ornaments. [1896
ATF specimen]
Also sold by Karl
Brendler as Othello (solid) with Desdemona
(open), by Urania as
Serie Bohème, and by Augusta as
Falstaff. [Reichardt
2011] Brendler’s Desdemona was reproduced in
Petzendorfer’s Schriftenatlas, Neue Folge (1903–1905), w/
alternate ‘S’.
“In the 1960s, John McConnell revived Desdemona
when he and Chris Dubber started Face Photosetting, one of the
first of European advertising type companies in London.” [Ascender].
Came in two variants named Desdemona (open) and
Desdemona Solid, both w/ alternate ‘S’ [Face c.
1981]. Desdemona Solid was adopted by Letraset in
their Letragraphica range. [Letraset
1976] While Face’s revival stays close to the Petzendorfer
showing, Letraset’s exhibits some differences, most notably in
‘OPQWY8’. More…
Originally cut in c. 1886 by John F. Cumming and sold by Dickinson as Quaint with Quaint Open. With alternates for ‘BNR’, a catchword for “and”, and triangular ornaments. [1896 ATF specimen]
Also sold by Karl Brendler as Othello (solid) with Desdemona (open), by Urania as Serie Bohème, and by Augusta as Falstaff. [Reichardt 2011] Brendler’s Desdemona was reproduced in Petzendorfer’s Schriftenatlas, Neue Folge (1903–1905), w/ alternate ‘S’.
“In the 1960s, John McConnell revived Desdemona when he and Chris Dubber started Face Photosetting, one of the first of European advertising type companies in London.” [Ascender]. Came in two variants named Desdemona (open) and Desdemona Solid, both w/ alternate ‘S’ [Face c. 1981]. Desdemona Solid was adopted by Letraset in their Letragraphica range. [Letraset 1976] While Face’s revival stays close to the Petzendorfer showing, Letraset’s exhibits some differences, most notably in ‘OPQWY8’. Ronné Bonder made another phototype revival named RB-Trocadero in solid and outline styles [Stulle 1985].
Digital versions include Desdemona (open) by David Berlow for Font Bureau (1992, bundled with Microsoft Office 4.3), Desdemona Black and Open by Richard Beatty (1994, w/ small caps and ornaments), and Quaint Gothic by Jim Spiece.
