Jonathan Littlewood
@frogplate.bsky.social
Vegetarian, stoic, humanist, observer of frogs, lover of shiny things, patched back together and replumbed by the NHS…
Technical architect working with Node, Python and C64 BASIC.
Interests include astronomy, computers. sci-fi, photography, and Lego.
Technical architect working with Node, Python and C64 BASIC.
Interests include astronomy, computers. sci-fi, photography, and Lego.
He decided to bequeath the typeface to the Thames instead and made 170 trips to Hammersmith Bridge to throw the matrices and punches into the river - 1,000 kg in total. Just over a century later, Robert Green recovered enough of the type to create a digital replica.
typespec.co.uk/doves-type/ 3/3
typespec.co.uk/doves-type/ 3/3
The Doves Type® – Typespec
typespec.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
He decided to bequeath the typeface to the Thames instead and made 170 trips to Hammersmith Bridge to throw the matrices and punches into the river - 1,000 kg in total. Just over a century later, Robert Green recovered enough of the type to create a digital replica.
typespec.co.uk/doves-type/ 3/3
typespec.co.uk/doves-type/ 3/3
Around 1900, two neighbours in Hammersmith founded Doves Press and created the rather attractive Doves Type typeface for use in all their books. There was a falling out, and one partner was given sole use of the typeface but had to bequeath it to the other on his death. 2/3
January 31, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Around 1900, two neighbours in Hammersmith founded Doves Press and created the rather attractive Doves Type typeface for use in all their books. There was a falling out, and one partner was given sole use of the typeface but had to bequeath it to the other on his death. 2/3