Stephenson Blake is an engineering company based in Sheffield, England. The company was active from the early 19th century as a type founder, remaining until the 1990s as the last active type foundry in Britain, since when it has diversified into specialist engineering.
The type foundry began operations in July 1818 by silversmith and mechanic William Garnett and toolmaker John Stephenson, financially supported by James Blake. That November, news came that the breakaway Caslon foundry (formed when William Caslon III left the original firm and acquired Joseph Jackson's foundry in 1792§ (Caslon foundry 1716; 1764; etc. §) was put up for sale by William Caslon IV. In 1819 the deal was concluded and Blake, Garnett & Co. were suddenly in charge of one of England's most prestigious typefoundries. In 1829 Garnett left to become a farmer. The company was renamed Blake & Stephenson in 1830, but Blake died soon after. It became Stephenson, Blake & Co. in 1841-1905. John Stephenson died in 1864, the year after he handed control to his son Henry. In 1905 the firm purchased Sir Charles Reed and Sons Ltd. It was then known as Stephenson, Blake & Co., and Sir Charles Reed and Sons between 1905-1914. In 1914, without any change in proprietorship, the business was converted into a private limited liability company. The early 1900s the foundry had ventured into steel making and tool production, which would prove to be the core business of the current firm Stephenson, Blake and Co., Ltd. from until 2004 when Tom Blake (5th Generation) retired.[1]
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StephensonBlake is an engineering company based in Sheffield, England. The company was active from the early 19th century as a type founder, remaining...
client. The matrices of the Caslon sans-serif were acquired by the StephensonBlake company when it took over the Salisbury Square Caslon company. Sans-serifs...
White Star Line Britannic (typeface), a sans-serif typeface sold by StephensonBlake Britannia (disambiguation) Britannica (disambiguation) Britannicus...
version was acquired and issued (and some sizes possibly recut) by StephensonBlake under the name "Baskerville Old Face"; many imitations follow its design...
St. Albans. The type foundry section of the company was bought by StephensonBlake in 1937. From 1793 to 1819 a separate Caslon foundry was operated by...
prior to the German reunification in 1990. The Sheffield type foundry StephensonBlake rapidly released a commercial competitor named Granby, influenced by...
The Caslon typeface of 1841 has the short s only. Two typefaces from StephensonBlake, both 1838–1841, have the short s only. When the War of 1812 began...
Sheffield foundry of Blake, Garnett & Co. In 1837, the Salisbury Square Caslon Foundry became the property of Stephenson, Blake & Co. In 1998, Justin...
copies. In 1937, the H.W. Caslon & Sons foundry was also acquired by StephensonBlake & Co, who thereafter added "the Caslon Letter Foundry" to their name...
Sons Deberny & Peignot Grafotechna Inland Type Foundry Louis Pouchée StephensonBlake VEB Typoart "Industries: Printing | British History Online". british-history...
Granby Runestone located in Sweden Granby (typeface), a font family by StephensonBlake This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Granby...
the StephensonBlake type foundry was that the shrinkage was small but could accumulate if a letterform was repeatedly regenerated. StephensonBlake's solution...
including Linotype, Intertype, Monotype, British Monotype, and Ludlow. StephensonBlake not only cast it as foundry type, but also made an open face version...
specimens do not show it; another "1815" specimen that was held by StephensonBlake with 1820 on the spine shows more. No specimens are known from Figgins'...
sans-serif wooden letter-form", especially bold condensed sans-serifs from StephensonBlake, although the Daily Express used Winchester Bold and The Times had...
for completeness: Headline Bold and Italic, series 595, a clone of StephensonBlake's popular Grotesque No. 9. Flat-topped 't' and droop on the 'r'. Placard...
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