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Specimens Characterised by Their Splendid Use of Ornaments, Borders, and Initial Capitals VILLAGE vllg.com Marcin Typewriter FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter ABOUT vllg.com Marcin Typewriter Marcin typewriter is the monospaced version of Marcin Antique, our contemporary interpretation page 1 of 3 of late nineteenth century’s French types produced by the Fonderie Gustave Mayeur in Paris. Based in Paris, the Mayeur type foundry was active in the late 19th and early 20th century. It published a remarkable collection of magnificent type specimens characterised by their splendid use of ornaments, borders, and initial capitals. Those publications contained a wide variety of typefaces for text and display use. The “Antiques” or grotesques providing the source material for Marcin Antique were among the styles showed in the 1894 and 1912 editions of the Spécimen-album de la fonderie Gve Mayeur, Allainguillaume&cie, succrs., both published in Paris. Instead of emphasising the more mechanical and technical aspects often associated with monospaced fonts, Marcin Typewriter takes its cue from Marcin Antique’s contrast and tone, and merely adapts FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter ABOUT vllg.com page 2 of 3 them to the restrictions of monospaced typefaces. The resulting face looks neither too nostalgic nor too ‘tech’. Marcin Typewriter is suitable for a wide variety of uses and reads frictionlessly. It comes in six weights with matching italics. Except for the two lighter weights that were suppressed, those weights correspond with the weights in Marcin Antique. Top row: Marcin Antique / Bottom row: Marcin Typewriter The OpenType fonts include Latin Extended character sets, all the different styles of numerals, and—just like in Marcin Antique—alternate glyphs subtly alter the feel of the typeface. Stylistic Set 1 removes the tail from the ‘a’ and turns the double-storey ‘g’ into a single-storey design; and Stylistic Set 2 straightens the leg of the Helvetica-like ‘R’ into a Franklin Gothic-style variant. FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter ABOUT vllg.com page 3 of 3 Mirroring Marcin Antique, the italics are also slanted romans; their slope is greater than usual, making them stand out in a text. They are drawn lighter than their roman counterparts to compensate for the increase in colour of the sloped forms. Top row: Marcin Antique / Bottom row: Marcin Typewriter FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter UPPERCASE / Roman & Italic / 80 point vllg.com AGENTRY GARCONS BAROQUE HARMONY CHEMISE ISOTYPE DUKEDOM JETPORT ELECTRO KARAOKE FROCKED LONGBOW FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter LOWERCASE / Roman & Italic / 80 point vllg.com manakin scherzo notable teacher orchids upgrade pretzel viceroy quoting wayward rainbow xeroxes FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter STYLISTIC ALTERNATES vllg.com ALTERNATE Q & R QWERTYIOPS QWERTYIOPS ALTERNATE Q R a & g Quoting Ragtags Quoting Ragtags ALTERNATE R a & g agentry Ranking agentry Ranking FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Super vllg.com 100 POINT ANTIQUED Backdrop 50 POINT CAMAIEUX DAQUIRI Eyebrows Fatigue 25 POINT GAZPACHO HEROINE ICEPACK JASPERY Keycards Lacquer Marbles Narcism FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Heavy vllg.com 100 POINT OATMEALS Password 50 POINT QAMAIEUX REASONS Sandsoap Tartare 25 POINT UNDERSEA VAQUERO WEATHER XEROXES Yolkless Ziplock Acquire Bandsaw FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Bold vllg.com 100 POINT CARDAMOM Doughnut 50 POINT EARPHONE FANATIC Gearcase Hairpin 25 POINT IDEALIZE JOURNEY KAFTANS LECTURE Migrator Notices Opaqued Panfish FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Medium vllg.com 100 POINT QUIXOTRY Resource 50 POINT SAUCEPOT TAILORS Underlap Vikings 25 POINT WAGONAGE XERARCH YOBBISH ZYDECOS Albacore Bandrol Cameoed Daffily FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Regular vllg.com 100 POINT EXTERNAL Folksong 50 POINT GATEPOST HAPKIDO Ikebanas Jostled 25 POINT KAKEMANO LECTURN MAGNIFY NECKTIE Otoscope Paisley Quackle Regents FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Light vllg.com 100 POINT SAVORIER Teacakes 50 POINT UNFROZEN VALOURS Wardrobe Xysters 25 POINT YOKOZUNA ZIGZAGS ALERTLY BYLINED Cliquish Dowager Emailed Fondant FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Super Italic vllg.com 100 POINT GENDARME Hardtack 50 POINT INDIRECT JUNKETS Kazachok Languor 25 POINT MAHOGANY NONAGON ORIGAMI PAJAMAS Quincunx Rubrics Sixfold Topcoat FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Heavy Italic vllg.com 100 POINT UNQUOTED Vertebra 50 POINT WASPLIKE XANTHAM Yestreen Zanyism 25 POINT ABRIDGED BANANAS CAMPING DAYSIDE Educated Factiod Gleaned Hogwash FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Bold Italic vllg.com 100 POINT ICEBERGS Jacquard 50 POINT KANGAROO LABOURS Macaroni Network 25 POINT OBSTACLE PALMARY QUICKEN RACEWAY Skiagram Talkbox Uncurbs Vertigo FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Medium Italic vllg.com 100 POINT WHEREFOR Xeranses 50 POINT YELDROCK ZODIACS Albacore Basmati 25 POINT CABEZONS DISPUTE EASTERN FERVOUR Goatfish Handbag Ignores Jackpot FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Regular Italic vllg.com 100 POINT SCRIBISM Teaspoon 50 POINT UNSPOKEN VICTORY Workaday Xylobia 25 POINT YEARBOOK ZINNIAS AIRDROP BORDERS Cabochon Diagram Endures Formica FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Light Italic vllg.com 100 POINT GARBANZO Hedgerow 50 POINT IDEALOGY JOURNAL Koftgari Lantern 25 POINT MARIGOLD NECKTIE OFFENDS PUNDITS Qindarka Ranking Seduced Taxings FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Super & Super Italic vllg.com 80 POINT Remington 24 POINT Remington began production of its first typewriter on March 1, 1873, in Ilion, New York. It had a QWERTY keyboard layout, which because of the machine's success, was slowly adopted by other typewriter manufacturers. 14 POINT A significant innovation was the shift key, introduced with the Remington No. 2 in 1878. This key physically shifted either the basket of typebars, in which case the typewriter is described as basket shift, or the paper-holding carriage, in which case the typewriter is described as "carriage shift". FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Heavy & Heavy Italic vllg.com 80 POINT Imperial 24 POINT The Imperial Typewriter Company was a British manufacturer of typewriters based in Leicester, England. The company was founded by Hidalgo Moya, an American- Spanish engineer who lived in England. He established Imperial in 1911. 14 POINT After first building the Moya typewriter, Moya set up the Imperial Typewriter Company in Leicester in 1911. It stopped manufacturing typewriters when electric models and then word processors and personal computers became popular, causing typewriter sales to fall. The company was acquired by Litton Industries in 1966. FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Bold & Bold Italic vllg.com 80 POINT Olivetti 24 POINT Olivetti was founded Camillo Olivetti in 1908 in Ivrea, Italy. The firm was mainly developed by his son Adriano Olivetti. Olivetti opened its first overseas manufac- turing plant in 1930, and its Divisumma electric calculator was launched in 1948. 14 POINT In 1952, the Museum of Modern Art held an exhibit titled Olivetti: Design in Industry today. Many Olivetti products are still part of the museum’s permanent collection. Another major show, mounted by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1969, toured five other cities. Olivetti was also renowned for the caliber of the architects it engaged to design its factories and offices. FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Medium & Medium Italic vllg.com 80 POINT Underwood 24 POINT The Underwood Typewriter Company was a manufacturer of typewriters headquartered in Manhattan. Underwood produced what is considered the first widely successful, modern typewriter. By 1939, Underwood had produced five million machines. 14 POINT The original Underwood typewriter was invented by German-American Franz Xaver Wagner, who showed it to entrepreneur John Thomas Underwood. Underwood supported Wagner and bought the company, recognising the importance of the machine. Underwood No. 1 and No. 2s, made between 1896 and 1900, had Wagner Typewriter Co. printed on the back. FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Regular & Regular Italic vllg.com 80 POINT Royal 24 POINT The Royal Typewriter Company was founded by Edward B. Hess and Lewis C. Myers in January, 1904 in a machine shop in Brooklyn, New York. In March 1906 the first Royal typewriter, the Royal Standard, with a distinctive flat bed, was sold. 14 POINT In 1905, with their limited cash running out, Hess and Myers turned to Thomas Fortune Ryan, the wealthy financier. They demonstrated their machine which had numerous innovations including: friction-free, ball-bearing, one-track rail to support the weight of the carriage, a new paper feed, a lighter and faster typebar action. FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Light & Light Italic vllg.com 80 POINT Sholes & Glidden 24 POINT The first typewriter to be a commercial success was invented in 1868 by Americans Christopher Latham Sholes, Frank Haven Hall, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, although Sholes soon disowned the machine. 14 POINT Their design looked "…something like a cross between a piano and a kitchen table." The working prototype was made by the machinist Matthias Schwalbach.The patent (US 79,265) was sold for $12,000 to Densmore and Yost, who made an agreement with E. Remington and Sons to commercialize the machine. FELICIANO / Marcin Typewriter SAMPLE TEXT SETTING / Super, Bold & Bold Italic vllg.com 10 POINT
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