We actually have this. Obviously not this particular font. My family were all printers and I've sort of inherited a huge cabinet full of old school typefaces all carved out of some special kind of hard wood - pear wood - all over 100 years old. Absolutely 0 idea what we can do with it, but it's all hand made and very cool. Felt pertinet to share lol
Klim Type Foundry [1] may also be worth a contact — they’ve been inspired by woodcut type before (e.g. [2] [3]), so I wonder if they might be interested in knowing about this.
Interesting! While I'm no Kris Sowersby or Robert Green, I have a side-side project to carve my own wood type (I've got a stack of Beech rounds drying in the shed) when I finally get a chance. It'd be cool to see some photos of your collection. If you're in the States, places like Hamilton Type and Hatch Show Print have tonnes of old an quirky display faces that they still use regularly.
