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Thorowgood Egyptian

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Thorowgood Egyptian specimen from Commercial Type

A six-weight Egyptian slab from Commercial Type, drawn from the William Thorowgood archive of nineteenth century display type.

About

An Egyptian slab from Commercial Type, drawn from the nineteenth century output of William Thorowgood's London foundry. Twelve styles run across six weights from Light to Black with matching italics, and the family ships with a variable font for fluid weight control. Sits in editorial, packaging and identity work that wants Victorian weight and slab geometry without losing contemporary build quality.

Classification

Commercial Type list Thorowgood Egyptian as part of their reworking of the nineteenth century Thorowgood foundry archive. A heavy egyptian slab with six weights, matching italics and a variable font release.

Weights

LightRegularMediumBoldExtraboldBlack

Family

Thorowgood Egyptian Variable

Languages

Latin Extended

Tags

egyptian slabvictorianrevivalthorowgooddisplayeditorial