Windsor (typeface)

Infobox font
name = Windsor


style = Display
date = 1905
creator = Eleisha Pechey
foundry = Stephenson Blake
sample = |

Windsor is an old style serif display typeface created in 1905 by Elisha Pechey. Capitals M and W are widely splayed, P and R have very large upper bowls. The Lowercase a h m and n of the Windsor font have angled right hand stems, e has an angled cross-stroke. Besides the basic font it is also available in two other styles, Light and Roman. Various foundries introduced minor variations so that today there are versions by Linotype, Elsner+Flake, URW++, Mecanorma and Stephenson Blake.

See also: Samples of display typefaces

Windsor in popular culture

Almost all the title sequences and credits of Woody Allen's films, beginning with "Love and Death" in 1975, use sparse, white Windsor over a black background. It was also used on the cover of his 2007 book "Mere Anarchy".

Windsor Bold was used for the title and credits of the TV Series "All in the Family". The "Whole Earth Catalog", published between 1968 and 1972, used Windsor font on its cover.

External links

* [http://www.identifont.com/show?3OP identifont - Sample and links to purchase]
* [http://kitblog.com/2007/12/woody_allens_typography.html Woody Allen's typography: Is this fetish or brand identity?]