I have to confess to hearing the present story from James Moseley, a fellow typographic historian and retired librarian from St Bride; but as I liked it so much I thought I’d pass on my pleasure. Letterforms can be found in all sorts of places and none more delicious than in the Belle Époque at Newington...

The Dutch are great typographers : Jan van Krimpen is one of the best known names in type design, and Enschede is one of the world's foremost type foundries. Little surprise then the Dutch love-affair with typography extends even to that country's chocolatiers. Chocolate letters is one traditional...