Designed by Henry Brehmer and released by the Keystone Type
Foundry in 1889. Also known as Columbian
ltalic (Caslon), Zierschrift Columbia (Gronau),
Corsivo nero (Societa Urania), Fantaisie Cursijv Serie
8 (Enschede), Italic Series (W. Simmelkiær),
ltalienne Cursiv (Theinhardt). In 1890, Keystone added a
Crayonette Open [Reichardt].
MacMillan & Krandall assume 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.
Photo-Lettering had it as Crayonet and
Lettergraphics as Crayon. There most professional
digitization is Crayonette
DJR (used for sample). More…
Designed by Henry Brehmer and released by the Keystone Type Foundry in 1889. Also known as Columbian ltalic (Caslon), Zierschrift Columbia (Gronau), Corsivo nero (Societa Urania), Fantaisie Cursijv Serie 8 (Enschede), Italic Series (W. Simmelkiær), ltalienne Cursiv (Theinhardt). In 1890, Keystone added a Crayonette Open [Reichardt].
MacMillan & Krandall assume 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.
Photo-Lettering had it as Crayonet and Lettergraphics as Crayon. There most professional digitization is Crayonette DJR (used for sample). Cranston (incl. Cranston Open) is a free interpretation based both on Crayon and Crayonette.
