Designed by Henry Brehmer and released by the Keystone Type
Foundry in 1889.
MacMillan assumes that the face originally was designed “[a]s
Almah … by Brehmer for the Robert Lindsay Type Foundry”.
Lindsay is a witness in the
1890 patent. The name could be derived from Crayon,
a related design by Hermann Ihlenburg released in 1886 by
MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan. [MacMillan]
In 1890, Keystone added a Crayonette Open. [Reichardt
2011]
Copied by Caslon as Columbian
ltalic in c. 1899.
[MacMillan]
Also sold as Zierschrift Columbia (Gronau), Corsivo
nero (Societa Urania), Fantaisie Cursijv Serie 8
(Enschede), Italic Series (W. Simmelkiær), ltalienne
Cursiv (Theinhardt). [Reichardt
2011]
Adopted for phototype as Crayonet [PLINC
One Liner 1971] and as Crayon [Lettergraphics
1976] Added to Letraset’s Letragraphic range as Columbian
Italic, credited to Stephenson Blake (successors to Caslon).
[Letraset More…
Designed by Henry Brehmer and released by the Keystone Type Foundry in 1889. MacMillan assumes that the face originally was designed “[a]s Almah … by Brehmer for the Robert Lindsay Type Foundry”. Lindsay is a witness in the 1890 patent. The name could be derived from Crayon, a related design by Hermann Ihlenburg released in 1886 by MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan. [MacMillan] In 1890, Keystone added a Crayonette Open. [Reichardt 2011]
Copied by Caslon as Columbian ltalic in c. 1899. [MacMillan] Also sold as Zierschrift Columbia (Gronau), Corsivo nero (Societa Urania), Fantaisie Cursijv Serie 8 (Enschede), Italic Series (W. Simmelkiær), ltalienne Cursiv (Theinhardt). [Reichardt 2011]
Adopted for phototype as Crayonet [PLINC One Liner 1971] and as Crayon [Lettergraphics 1976] Added to Letraset’s Letragraphic range as Columbian Italic, credited to Stephenson Blake (successors to Caslon). [Letraset 1976]
There most professional digitization is Crayonette DJR (used for sample). Cranston (incl. Cranston Open) is a free interpretation based both on Crayon and Crayonette.
