Then in 1935, Stanley Morison recut the type, along with its italic, for the Monotype Corporation in England.

The typeface's first appearance was in a special, private-press edition of Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay Nature, and so the Monotype version became known as Emerson.

[1] Emerson can be recognised for its distinctive foot serifs on the lowercase a, d and u, and its wide capitals (especially the M).

The typeface shares characteristics with the classic renaissance types, and its soft, blunt appearance was designed to suit photogravure reproduction.

A version of Emerson recently became available as a typeface for use on computers from Nonpareil Type.