What is "bulmer"

Bulmer may refer to:

Bulmer was a Victorian historian, surveyor, cartographer and compiler of directories. His directories provided a history and geography of a particular area. The directories listed and described all parishes; listed trades and professions and provided a helpful street index with the names of residents, together with other local information. Data CDs of Bulmer Directories are available from publishers in the UK.

Bulmer is a transitional serif typeface originally designed by William Martin (1757–1830) in 1792 for the Shakespeare Press. The types were used for printing the Boydell Shakespeare folio edition. William Martin's brother John Martin had worked as John Baskerville's foreman. William Martin also worked under John Baskerville, and his types show Baskerville's influence. They share a vertical stress and a moderate increase of stroke contrast, and more finely cut serifs. Martin's type are more vertical. D. B. Updike described Martin's types as "delicate and spirited, thoroughly English."

Bulmer's distinguishing characters are an uppercase R with a curved tail. Lowercase g has a small bowl and a curved ear; a heavier stroke weight on the lower right side of the bowl contributes to a sense of that character leaning backwards. Uppercase italic characters J, K, N, T and Y are reminiscent of Baskerville's, showing the influence of his teacher. Originally drawn with ranging (old style) figures, the current Monotype revival features ranging and lining figures.

Bulmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bulmer (family), English family
• Esmond Bulmer (born 1935), former British Conservative MP
• John Bulmer (cricketer) (1867–1917), English cricketer
• John Bulmer (born 1938), English photographer and filmmaker
• Kenneth Bulmer (1912–2005), prolific British author
• Martin Bulmer (born 1943), British sociologist
• Ralph Bulmer (soldier), (died 1558), English soldier
• Ralph Bulmer (1928–1988), New Zealand anthropologist
• Roscoe Bulmer
• William Bulmer (printer) (1757–1830), English printer