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Which typefaces did William Morris design for the Kelmscott Press?
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William Morris designed three typefaces for the Kelmscott Press, working in collaboration with the printer and type designer Emery Walker:12
- Golden type: A roman font modeled after the work of the 15th-century French printer Nicolas Jenson.12
- Troy type: A gothic font based on the style of early 15th-century German printers.12
- Chaucer type: A smaller variant of the Troy type, which was used to print The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer.1