Consort ; italic, light, bold, condensed, light condensed & bold condensed typefaces ; leaflet and specimen sheet issued by Stephenson, Blake Ltd., Sheffield, West Yorkshire : c1960
The leaflet issued by the well known Sheffield typefoundry of Stephenson, Blake and showing the Consort range of typefaces. This was available as Consort, Consort Italic, Consort Light, Consort Bold, Consort Condensed, Consort Light Condensed and Consort Bold Condensed and this shows a variety of points and weights.
Consort was a reworking undertkane in the 1950s by Stephenson Blake of Clarendon. The leaflet uses images of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's Consort and the text tells the story of William Greaves Blake who was, after his army career, rose to run the business and as Sir William Blake rose to prominence int he civic life of the City of Sheffield - it includes an interesting typo I suspect in that W G Blake is, given his career, more likely to have been born in 1838 not 1883.
Consort ; italic, light, bold, condensed, light condensed & bold condensed typefaces ; leaflet and specimen sheet issued by Stephenson, Blake Ltd., Sheffield, West Yorkshire : c1960
The leaflet issued by the well known Sheffield typefoundry of Stephenson, Blake and showing the Consort range of typefaces. This was available as Consort, Consort Italic, Consort Light, Consort Bold, Consort Condensed, Consort Light Condensed and Consort Bold Condensed and this shows a variety of points and weights.
Consort was a reworking undertkane in the 1950s by Stephenson Blake of Clarendon. The leaflet uses images of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's Consort and the text tells the story of William Greaves Blake who was, after his army career, rose to run the business and as Sir William Blake rose to prominence int he civic life of the City of Sheffield - it includes an interesting typo I suspect in that W G Blake is, given his career, more likely to have been born in 1838 not 1883.