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- Bell is the name given to a serif typeface designed and cut in 1788 by the punchcutter Richard Austin for the British Letter Foundry, operated by publisher John Bell, and revived several times since. The Bell typeface has a precise appearance that features stylish contrasts between thick and thin strokes and ball terminals on many letters; it was influenced by the radical Didone styles of type becoming popular on the continent, in particular the work of the Didot family. However, it is less severe in design, somewhat similar to the earlier Baskerville and slightly later Bulmer typefaces. The figures are distinctive for being at fixed height, or lining, at approximately three-quarter the height of the capitals, in contrast to earlier numerals of variable height. The figures have a number of elaborate details reminiscent of the steely calligraphy of the period, and the slight inclination of some of them led Walter Tracy to suggest that Austin was following a written example. In italic, like Baskerville, several letters have flourishes. After a short initial period of popularity, the face fell into disuse in Britain and Austin's later typefaces are quite different in style, although copies in the United States became popular around the early twentieth century with artisan printers. Its history was studied by the historian Stanley Morison in the late 1920s and early 1930s, whose employer, the Monotype Corporation, created a 1931 revival, particularly popular for printing on high-quality paper. Morison praised Austin for his "exceptional technical gift" and described his Bell typeface as "surpassing all previous English and continental type-cutting in precision [and maintaining] independence equally against Bodoni and Baskerville". Besides the digitisation of the Bell face by Monotype, an alternative professional adaptation of the Austin face in optical sizes by Paul Barnes and others under the name of "Austin" is available sold by Commercial Type. As of 2017, it is used by The Daily Telegraph among others. Austin's original matrices came into the possession of Stephenson Blake, and are now in the Type Museum collection in London. (en)
- Bell est une police d’écriture créée par en 1788 pour la British Letter Foundry de l’éditeur-imprimeur John Bell. (fr)
- Bell is een lettertype ontworpen in 1788 door Richard Austin toen hij bij John Bell's British Type Foundry werkte. Bell werd geïnspireerd door de helderheid en contrasten in de eigentijdse Franse lettertypen gemaakt door Firmin Didot, en wilde dat zijn lettergieterij een Engelse variant moest bieden. Austin was een vaardig graveur van druklettervormen, en produceerde eerst een scherp geschreefde lettersoort, zoals Didot met zijn contrast tussen dikke en dunne stokken, maar meer zoals Baskerville met zijn hoekige, minder rechtlijnige schreven. Stanley Morison omschreef later dit lettertype als de eerste moderne Engelse letter. In 1931 begon Monotype Corporation Corporation onder aanmoediging van Morison aan de productie van een herziene versie. Monotypes hedendaagse variant is ontwikkeld onder supervisie van Robin Nicholas. Het lettertype moet niet worden verward en heeft geen verbintenis met Bell Gothic en Bell Centennial, ontwikkeld voor AT&T. De herziening van Monotype in 1932 bevatte een breed scala aan Austins karaktervarianten, inclusief gekrulde hoofdletters 'A' 'J' 'N' 'Q' 'T' 'V' 'Y'. De cijfers kenmerken zich door op de regel staande, geproportioneerd tot driekwart hoogte van de hoofdletters. De grafisch ontwerper Jan Tschichold begunstigde het Bell lettertype in veel van zijn boekontwerpen en noemde het in zijn boek Typographische Gestaltung. (nl)
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- Bell est une police d’écriture créée par en 1788 pour la British Letter Foundry de l’éditeur-imprimeur John Bell. (fr)
- Bell is the name given to a serif typeface designed and cut in 1788 by the punchcutter Richard Austin for the British Letter Foundry, operated by publisher John Bell, and revived several times since. The Bell typeface has a precise appearance that features stylish contrasts between thick and thin strokes and ball terminals on many letters; it was influenced by the radical Didone styles of type becoming popular on the continent, in particular the work of the Didot family. However, it is less severe in design, somewhat similar to the earlier Baskerville and slightly later Bulmer typefaces. The figures are distinctive for being at fixed height, or lining, at approximately three-quarter the height of the capitals, in contrast to earlier numerals of variable height. The figures have a number of (en)
- Bell is een lettertype ontworpen in 1788 door Richard Austin toen hij bij John Bell's British Type Foundry werkte. Bell werd geïnspireerd door de helderheid en contrasten in de eigentijdse Franse lettertypen gemaakt door Firmin Didot, en wilde dat zijn lettergieterij een Engelse variant moest bieden. Austin was een vaardig graveur van druklettervormen, en produceerde eerst een scherp geschreefde lettersoort, zoals Didot met zijn contrast tussen dikke en dunne stokken, maar meer zoals Baskerville met zijn hoekige, minder rechtlijnige schreven. (nl)
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- Bell (police d'écriture) (fr)
- Bell (lettertype) (nl)
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