Sherwood is a collection of 28 historically based fonts designed by Ted Staunton. All fonts contain a full international character set and most contain additional ligatures for more design flexibility. Each font page allows you to see a sample of the font or you may download a more detailed PDF specimen of the font(s).

Ted Staunton was born in 1942 in Lincoln, England.

After serving a five-year apprenticeship as a hand compositor (1958 - 1963) with the Lincolnshire Publishing Co., he spent three years (1963 - 1966) at Leicester College of Art & Design, graduating with a diploma in Typographic Design. His interest in lettering and typeface design revealed itself in the subject of his diploma thesis: The Development and Usage of the Gothic Letterform. After spending some time in London working for Penguin, Hamlyn and other book publishing houses, he emigrated to Vancouver, Canada in 1970, working for Mitchell Press and Hemlock Printers before opening his own design business and letterpress printing shop, Sherwood Graphics, in 1984. In 1991 he published a private press book, The Lincolnshire Poacher, illustrated with his own wood-engravings.

He is now semi-retired, and lives in Surrey, a suburb of Vancouver, with his wife and family. He began creating fonts early in his career, some of which were used privately on transfer lettering sheets and cast in metal for hand typesetting at his private press, Sherwood Letterpress.

Download a PDF sample containing a selection of fonts designed by Ted Staunton and get the designer's perspective and behind-the-scenes details on many of the fonts contained in the Sherwood Type Collection.
Sherwood Type Collection pdf

All fonts are available for immediate download and can be ordered in combination with P22, IHOF, Lanston & Rimmer Type Foundry fonts. These fonts, like the IHOF selections, are priced for download only. If you require a CD for backup, there is an additional nominal fee.

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