pointed runicgenerally, i take the term runic to denote a fount of sorts requisite for setting the i

pointed runicgenerally, i take the term runic to denote a fount of sorts requisite for setting the inscriptions of pagan, northern-germanic tribes in the letters they called runes [cf. isaac taylor, The Aphabet, vol.2, kegan paul, trench, & co., london, 1883, p210]. but in Plain Printing Types theodore low de vinne gives a taxonomy of types he assigns to the category «antique», & one is called runic: «Runic is the name given to another style of antique of light face, of condensed form, with pointed serifs, and often without lower case characters.» [the century co., nyc, 1902, p326]. perhaps here we get closer to the face illustrated, but not quite, i think. stanley morison in his slim biography of Talbot Baines Reed [privately printed at the university press, cambridge, 1960] gives account of reed’s proprietorship of the type foundry he took over at his father’s death in 1881, the fann street foundry (vide footnote to ‹clarendon›); & morison shows several specimens from a fann street foundry catalogue [Specimens of Printing Types, Ornaments, &c, sir charles reed and sons, london, 1887], of which the illustration is one [op cit., p38]—morison must have found it striking. if runic is a species of antique, i do not see it in this face; or perhaps it was felt to resemble the ancient runes: there must be some logic in the name [✓]. -- source link

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