The Economist has the story of Doves, the signature typeface of London's Doves Press, which met its fate 100 years ago at the bottom of the River Thames as co-founder Thomas Cobden-Sanderson threw some 2,600 pounds of type and casts from Hammersmith Bridge over the course of several years. Cobden-Sanderson was a self-described "visionary" and "fanatic" who maintained a tight managerial grip on the press he'd helped create, and when a business deal with his partner went south, he exacted the ultimate revenge — destroying the very letters that had helped make Doves Press successful in the first place.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/25/5242866/famous-typeface-destroyed-a-century-ago-is-brought-back-to-life
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