Monotype Series 72–74

Wei Huang
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Quite curious about these fonts actually, found Egyptian 72, but curious about the others on the page too, any information about these? The image is from Handbuch der Schriftarten
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No 103 Gloucester was Monotype’s answer to ATF’s Cheltenham.
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73 is one of several bold members of Monotype Grotesque. Stewf has shared a specimen.
74 is part of a series that also comprises 5, 42, 63, and 70, issued between 1902 and 1909, and distinguished by a single-storey g. 42, 63, 70 also came with Cyrillic characters. See specimens here.2
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