Edward Prince

Edward Philip Prince (1846–1923) was a British engraver and punchcutter, a cutter of the punches used to stamp the matrices used to cast metal type.

[1][2][3][4][5] Working during the period of the Arts and Crafts movement, after William Morris's Kelmscott Press commissioned him to cut a typeface known as the Golden Type to Morris's design he became known for cutting private typefaces for fine book printing presses.

[6] Another client was the Doves Press, whose Doves Type he cut; it was famously thrown into the Thames following a business disagreement.

[7][8] He also worked with the Ashendene Press to cut the Subiaco and Ptolemy types.

[9] A somewhat retiring figure, only two photographs of him are known to exist.