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IM Fell DW Pica SC

A small caps cut of one of the seventeenth-century Fell Types, digitised by Igino Marini with its rough printed edges intact.

Serif 1 style by Igino Marini OFL

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IM Fell DW Pica SC is a small caps serif by Igino Marini, digitised from the Fell Types that John Fell left to the University of Oxford in 1686. IM Fell DW Pica SC has one Regular style and 357 glyphs. IM Fell DW Pica SC is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 for period titles.

IM Fell DW Pica SC font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Igino Marini
Classification
Serif
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
1 1 weight
Variable font
No
Glyphs
357
Languages checked
24 see the list
Last updated
version 3.00
Used for
HeadlinesEditorialRetro

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

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Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of IM Fell DW Pica SC; the download contains the complete files.

IM Fell DW Pica SC font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
IM Fell DW Pica SC specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files. The lowercase row shows small capitals because that is what the lowercase keys produce in this family.

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400IM Fell DW Pica SC Regular

About IM Fell DW Pica SC

IM Fell DW Pica SC is a serif typeface in small capitals, drawn from the Fell Types. These are the punches and matrices that John Fell, Bishop of Oxford, gathered for a learned press from founders in France, Holland and Germany, added to in his own workshop, and bequeathed to the University of Oxford on his death in 1686. Igino Marini's digital version keeps the marks of metal type on paper: in the specimen the outlines are rough, serifs are blunt and unequal, and the letters sit unevenly on the line. Lowercase keys give small capitals, the J and Q reach below the baseline, and the figures are old-style. The family has one Regular style with 357 glyphs, covering Latin letters for languages from English to Polish and Turkish. The license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Where IM Fell DW Pica SC works

Title pages in a seventeenth-century manner
Capitals with small capitals reproduce the usual heading style of books printed from these types.
Historical novels and reprints
Rough outlines carry the texture of early letterpress into chapter openings and running heads.
Museum and archive graphics
The types have a documented origin at Oxford, which suits labels and captions about the period.
Game and film props
Proclamations, maps and letters set in worn capitals pass for printed matter of the time.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 357 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright (c) 2010, Igino Marini (mail@iginomarini.com)

What the license allows

  • Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
  • Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
  • Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions

  • The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
  • A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
  • The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with IM Fell DW Pica SC

Cairo Sans Serif

IM Fell DW Pica SC is serif and Cairo is sans serif (8 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Lekton Monospace

Lekton is a monospace family (2 weights) for code and figures next to IM Fell DW Pica SC as the text face.

Encode Sans Expanded Sans Serif

IM Fell DW Pica SC is serif and Encode Sans Expanded is sans serif (9 weights): the difference in structure separates headings from text.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use IM Fell DW Pica SC on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "IM Fell DW Pica SC";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/IMFellDWPicaSC-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "IM Fell DW Pica SC", serif;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves IM Fell DW Pica SC with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

No lowercase
Typing lowercase produces small capitals. The specimen shows full capitals in one row and small capitals in the next.
Irregular on purpose
Ragged edges and uneven alignment are drawn into the glyphs to follow the printed originals.
One style
There is a single Regular style, with no italic or bold in this family.
Old-style figures
Numerals rise above and fall below the small capitals, as the specimen's figure row shows.

FAQs

Is IM Fell DW Pica SC free for commercial use?

IM Fell DW Pica SC may be used in commercial work at no charge under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which also permits changing and redistributing the files. The font cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version keeps the same license.

Who designed IM Fell DW Pica SC?

IM Fell DW Pica SC was digitised by Igino Marini. The source is one of the Fell Types assembled by John Fell in seventeenth-century Oxford.

What are the Fell Types behind IM Fell DW Pica SC?

The Fell Types are printing types that John Fell collected and commissioned for the press at Oxford and left to the university in 1686. IM Fell DW Pica SC is a digital small caps version of one of them.

Does IM Fell DW Pica SC have lowercase letters?

No. In IM Fell DW Pica SC the lowercase positions hold small capitals.

How many weights does IM Fell DW Pica SC have?

IM Fell DW Pica SC has one weight, Regular 400.

Which languages does IM Fell DW Pica SC support?

IM Fell DW Pica SC includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Polish, Czech and Turkish. It has no Cyrillic or Greek.

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