Note 636 — Chapter XV · JOSEPH AND EDMUND FRY, 1764.

Dr. Fry’s system was virtually that first introduced by Mr. Alston, of Glasgow, to which reference is made ante, p. 78, where details are also given as to the other principal systems of type for the Blind. A “lower-case” was subsequently added to Dr. Fry’s fount by his successors, and in this form the type was largely used by the various Type Schools following Mr. Alston’s method. Full particulars of this award, with specimens, maybe seen in Vol. I of the Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts.