Bulmer (typeface)

CategorySerif
ClassificationTransitional
Designer(s)William Martin
William Bulmer
Morris Fuller Benton (revival)
FoundryAmerican Type Founders
Monotype
many others

Bulmer is the name given to a serif typeface originally designed by punchcutter William Martin around 1790 for the Shakespeare Press, run by William Bulmer (1757–1830).[1] The types were used for printing the Boydell Shakespeare folio edition.[2]

  1. ^ Neil Macmillan (2006). An A-Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press. pp. 24, 46, 132, 140. ISBN 0-300-11151-7.
  2. ^ Unsigned (1830). "Memoir of William Bulmer Esq. (with a portrait)". Gentlemen's Magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2017.