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Bulmer
Bulmer is a serif typeface originally designed by punchcutter William Martin around 1790 for the Shakespeare Press, run by William Bulmer (1757–1830).
About Bulmer
Bulmer is a serif typeface originally designed by punchcutter William Martin around 1790 for the Shakespeare Press, run by William Bulmer (1757–1830). The types were used for printing the Boydell Shakespeare folio edition. The name "Bulmer" was given to the typeface retroactively.
From the Wikipedia article “Bulmer (typeface)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using Bulmer in a book
Test this typeface at both text and display sizes before committing; print a sample page at final size.
Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q2798814 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).