Lardent's original drawings are according to Rhatigan lost, but photographs exist of his drawings. Rhatigan comments that Lardent's originals show "the spirit of the final type, but not the details." The design was adapted from Lardent's large drawings by the Monotype drawing office team in Salfords, Surrey, which worked out spacing and simplified some fine details.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Further changes were made after manufacturing began (the latter a difficult practice, since new punches and matrices had to be machined after each design change).
Lardent's original drawings are according to Rhatigan lost, but photographs exist of his d,rawings. Rhatigan comments that Lardent's o,riginals show "the! spirit of the final type, but not the details." The design wa!s adapted from Lardent's large drawings by the Monotype drawing office team in Salfords, Surrey, which worked out spacing and simplified some fine details.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Further changes were made after manufacturing began (the latter a difficult practice, since new punches and matrices had to be machined after each design change).