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Font Slate — Baskerville: A classic transitional serif typeface.
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Foundries: Deberny and Peignot, Monotype, Linotype. With its round features it is typically set wide. Great for text and display. The 18th century saw subtle changes in the design of typefaces. The beginning of the century brought about old-style typefaces. At the end was the rise of modern style typefaces. Baskerville belonged to a style of type called transitional, nestled in between the old and modern styles. Baskerville was an attempt to improve on Caslon Old Style. Other key characteristics of the f...
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Font Slate — Avenir (typeface): Designed by Adrian Frutiger.
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Classification: Geometric sans-serif, Humanist sans-serif. For books with a large amount of text and headlines. Avenir is intended to be nothing more or less than a clear and clean representation of modern typographical trends, giving the designer a typeface which is strictly modern and at the same time human, i.e., suitably refined and elegant for use in texts of any length, said Adrian Frutiger of his design for the font. Released in 1988 by Linotype-Hell AG. Avenir was inspired by Erbar and Futura.
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Font Slate — An education resource for typographers.
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Forms follows function- it is this Bauhaus design principle that inspired the elegantly geometric sans serif type Futura. The most influential font design of the Bauhaus era, Futura is beautifully utilitarian.¹. Learn more about Futura. Paul Renner, like Jan Tschichold , wanted types that suited the modern age instead of being revivals from an earlier one. In this, his views were similar to those of the Bauhaus movement, whose ideals he shared and influenced without ever being a member.². Adrian Frutiger...
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Font Slate — Franklin Gothic: Designed by Morris Fuller Benton.
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Designer: Morris Fuller Benton. Foundry: American Type Founders. For newspapers and where available space is limited. Arguably the most widely used font ever produced, Franklin Gothic was designed by Morris Fuller Benton. Between 1903 and 1912 for American Type Founders Company. Franklin Gothic Book (left) Franklin Gothic Book Oblique (right) font specimen, Monotype Franklin Gothic. A half sheet poster for the movie Rocky. Signage for the Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York. Photo by Jake Rajs.
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Font Slate — Futura: A classic geometric sans typeface.
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Foundry: Bauer Type Foundry. For large displays; small text in books. For a strong no-nonsense appearance. Forms follows function- it is this Bauhaus design principle that inspired the elegantly geometric sans serif type Futura. The most influential font design of the Bauhaus era, Futura is beautifully utilitarian. Designed in 1927 by Paul Renner. Futura Regular font specimen, Bauer Futura. Barbara Kruger - Untitled (I shop therefore I am) 111" by 113" photographic silkscreen/vinyl 1987. Meggs, Philip B&...
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Font Slate — American Type Founders
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Foundries that were incorporated into ATF include: Barnhart Brothers and Spindler (1911); Binny and Ronaldson (1892); Boston Type Foundry (1892); Bruce Type Foundry (1901); Central Type Foundry (1893); Dickinson Type Foundry (1892); Farmer, Little and Co. (1892); Inland Type Foundry (1912). A large type specimen collection that used to belong to ATF is located at Columbia University in New York City.². American Type Founders." Typophile. Web. 22 May 2011. Our goal is to raise the quality of typography...
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Font Slate — Linotype Foundry
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The day Ottmar Mergenthaler demonstrated the first linecasting machine to the New York Tribune in 1886, Whitelaw Reid, the editor, was delighted: "Ottmar," he said, "you've cast a line of type! Linotype's goal is to be a partner for designers and typographers, and to support a global transfer of know-how and an open exchange of ideas and information in the field of typography. The ambitious and qualified staff at Linotype are dedicated to meeting this objective and making it reality. Our goal is to raise...
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Font Slate — Bauer Type Foundry
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By the end of the century, after a misjudgement that automation would be in typefounding, rather than typesetting, the Bauer Type Foundry would have collapsed were it not for the commencement of an adventurous type design program under its new owner George Hartmann.². The official name of Bauer type foundry is Bauersche Giesserei. In 1847 the company ran under Englische Schriftschneiderei und Gravieranstalt.². F H E Schneidler. Konrad F. Bauer. Http:/ www.linotype.com/49/history.html. Reach me at wolsond...
