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4 unusual facts about William Hamilton Page


William Hamilton Page

Painter's Roman (1870), cut in association with Darius Wells; Adobe's virtual type version is called Juniper.

It was only in the 1880s that a serious rival, the Hamilton Manufacturing Company owned by J.E. Hamilton, emerged.

When Page retired in 1891, he sold out to Hamilton for stock in that company, and Page's equipment and stock were consolidated with that of Hamilton in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

Gothic Tuscan Pointed (1859); Adobe's virtual type version is called Ironwood, while the Wooden Type Fonts version is called Tuscan Italian Round.



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