From Phil’s Photo: Homage to the Alphabet, 1980. Winchester is based on wood type, though it’s not clear which one exactly. The possible root is the plainly named “Gothic” first shown by George Nesbitt in 1838 and later available from many wood type manufacturers. Other phototype suppliers, such as Castcraft and Haber, offered it as “Morgan No. Twenty Five”, based on the wood from Morgan Press. Dennis Ortiz-Lopez’s OL Smokler is based on Winchester or the same wooden source but adds a (very...
