Designed by Joseph W. Phinney, patented Feb 21, 1899,
[USPTO]
and released by ATF as Binner Series in 1899,
[Reichardt] including an Open (outline) cut. Various alternates,
incl. for ‘aen’, and considerable differences across the sizes.
Some sources credit the design to John F. Cumming, but that’s a mix-up with the
unrelated Binner Gothic.
Phototype adaptations include Photo-Lettering’s Brass
Band (two widths, no lowercase) [PLINC One Liner 1971] and Facsimile Fonts’
Binner (no lowercase) [Berthold 1974]. Lettergraphics carried
Binner (same as by Facsimile Fonts?) and another
all-caps version with lighter hairlines named Irving.
[Lettergraphics 1976] For shaded all-caps
phototype versions, see Uncle Bill (in or before 1971) and
Uncle Sam (Compugraphic, 1974). Two styles
of the latter were digitized as Old More…
Designed by Joseph W. Phinney, patented Feb 21, 1899, [USPTO] and released by ATF as Binner Series in 1899, [Reichardt] including an Open (outline) cut. Various alternates, incl. for ‘aen’, and considerable differences across the sizes. Some sources credit the design to John F. Cumming, but that’s a mix-up with the unrelated Binner Gothic.
Phototype adaptations include Photo-Lettering’s Brass Band (two widths, no lowercase) [PLINC One Liner 1971] and Facsimile Fonts’ Binner (no lowercase) [Berthold 1974]. Lettergraphics carried Binner (same as by Facsimile Fonts?) and another all-caps version with lighter hairlines named Irving. [Lettergraphics 1976] For shaded all-caps phototype versions, see Uncle Bill (in or before 1971) and Uncle Sam (Compugraphic, 1974). Two styles of the latter were digitized as Old Glory (Monotype).
Binner Poster (Monotype) is the only digital version that stays close to the original, albeit not in all details. For others, see URW Binner.
