Two-Line Great Primer Italian ?

[Fabiouser]

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Hello

I´m searching more about this kind of Italian Metal Type [?]

I saw an really hot "interpretation" [?] by Kris Sowersby some days ago, and I get excited about that.

If you could me tell more about that, which means — images, texts, variations, etc — please reply

Thanks a lot
Fábio Santos

[PabloImpallari]

Digitized as Slab Sheriff by Match and Kerosene

[Ryuk]

There's also Arbor.

[Riccardo Sartori]

More info here:
https://typography.guru/forums/topic/80711-forwarding#comment-412721

[Fabiouser]

I´m looking also for historical facts — like original specimen scan [if possible, or more imagens about that]; in the node that @riccard0 mention has some nice facts!

[oldnick]

Same basis, although not absolutely faithful to the original...

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/nicksfonts/new-boston-wbw/medium/glyphs.html

FYI, the style itself is Italian; Two-Line Great Primer is the particular body size of the sample shown. “Italian” as a style dates from the early nineteenth century, when foundries typically offered a limited range of styles, and is curiously distinguished by its horizontal stress, rather than the vertical stress found in a truly Italian type such as Bodoni.