Vincent Figgins (1766 – 29 February 1844) was a British typefounder based in London, who cast and sold metal type for printing. After an apprenticeship...

Figgins is a surname. Notable people and characters with the surname include: Vincent Figgins (1766–1844), English typeface designer James Figgins (1811–1884)...

faces of the period, but much bolder), slab serifs (first seen from Vincent Figgins around 1817), sans-serifs (already used in custom lettering but effectively...

replaced by blackletter. Mosley has particularly praised those of Vincent Figgins' foundry (digitised by Matthew Carter as Elephant, above): "exaggeration...

cast by the Figgins Foundry. Extra Onamented 2 Extended 3 Figgins Condensed No. 2 (c. 1870) originally cast by the Figgins Foundry. Figgins Shaded (1815)...

1782–1863, Peninsular War soldier Vincent Figgins, 1766–1844, typefounder James Figgins, 1811-1884, MP, son of Vincent Figgins Sir Charles Fox, 1810–1874, civil...

first Figgins specimen to show them was an "1815" specimen containing 1817 watermarked paper, held by Oxford University Press; other 1815-dated Figgins specimens...

wife), at Rare Book Room Specimen of Printing Types by Vincent Figgins, Letter Founder - the specimen book of London typefounder Vincent Figgins, 1834...

first slab-serif to appear in print was created by the foundry of Vincent Figgins, and given the name "antique". Others rapidly appeared, using names...

the early nineteenth century specimen books of London typefounder Vincent Figgins. In 1975, Wolpe published a monograph on the Elizabethan writing-master...