“Designed in 1969 when Christine [Lord] was 21 as a special
project to create a corporate identity for the new Oxford
Polytechnic. The face was originally called Lord Lower Case
Linked, but was later renamed Oxford when
picked up by Face Photosetting. It was then made available as dry
transfer lettering by Letraset [in 1972].” — Dave
Jeffery
Additional styles include Oxford Inline and
Oxford Outline [Berthold 1974] or Oxford
Inline and Oxford Rimmed. [Face c.1981]
There are various digitizations, including the freebies
Scene by Dave Jeffery (2009, with an added uppercase,
used for sample) and Oxford CP by Claude Pelletier AKA
Diogene (2010), as well as the commercial Profonts
Oxford (2011, initially released as Sportowy in
2009, distinguished by a rounder top of ‘f’). In
June More…
“Designed in 1969 when Christine [Lord] was 21 as a special project to create a corporate identity for the new Oxford Polytechnic. The face was originally called Lord Lower Case Linked, but was later renamed Oxford when picked up by Face Photosetting. It was then made available as dry transfer lettering by Letraset [in 1972].” — Dave Jeffery
Additional styles include Oxford Inline and Oxford Outline [Berthold 1974] or Oxford Inline and Oxford Rimmed. [Face c.1981]
There are various digitizations, including the freebies Scene by Dave Jeffery (2009, with an added uppercase, used for sample) and Oxford CP by Claude Pelletier AKA Diogene (2010), as well as the commercial Profonts Oxford (2011, initially released as Sportowy in 2009, distinguished by a rounder top of ‘f’). In June 2018, Peter Wiegel started another interpretation featuring an uppercase and distinguished by the addition of Cyrillics, named Tafelwerk.
