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Typefaces adapted for
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986:(1908), the first kerned italic for Monotype casting.
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1155:American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century,
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532:by including a set of alternate rounded capitals.
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176:for whom he re-designed the typography of their
142:Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Design
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1157:Oak Knoll Books, New Castle Delaware, 1993,
733:Twentieth Century Extrabold Condensed Italic
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465:(1927), thirteen alternate characters for
1097:(1921, Village Letter Foundry). Used by
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1214:American typographers and type designers
999:English Caslon Old Style No. 37 + Italic
976:(1902), based on a face produced by the
252:Baltimore Type & Composition Company
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1170:American Type Designers and Their Work.
118:For the comic strip writer who created
745:Twentieth Century Ultrabold Condensed
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444:(1925), designed as a companion to
401:(1924), designed as a companion to
1142:Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983.
1054:(1940), a Monotype adaptation of
836:hand lettering for that magazine.
757:Twentieth Century Ultrabold Italic
727:Twentieth Century Extrabold Italic
527:Barnhart Brothers & Spindler's
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243:(1916), alternate characters for
136:– d. 1953) was an American
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1140:The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.
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870:Alternate Gothic Italic, No. 2
780:New Gothic Condensed lowercase
626:(1932), an in-line version of
599:Sans Serif Extrabold Condensed
184:Typefaces designed by Sol Hess
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765:Century Bold Condensed Italic
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709:(1937), capital letters only.
380:(1922), a companion face for
1001:(1903), commissioned by the
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605:Sans Serif Medium Condensed
463:Alternate Gothic Modernized
248:News Gothic Extra Condensed
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926:Domingo Maria de Servidori
910:Hess New Bookbold + Italic
675:Stymie Extrabold Condensed
611:Sans Serif Light Condensed
422:Alexander Wilson & Son
416:based on faces cut by the
362:(1920), based on faces by
344:Goudy Heavy Face Condensed
268:G. Peignot et Fils foundry
227:Bookman Oldstyle Condensed
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1168:Rollins, Carl Purlington
1061:(1904, privately cast by
912:(1948), an adaptation of
428:Scotch Open Shaded Italic
290:Cochin Bold + Bold Italic
1101:and Hess for the famous
1067:Harvard University Press
902:Stationers Gothic Medium
885:Stationers Gothic series
714:Twentieth Century series
525:(1922), adapted from on
170:World Publishing Company
1176:, V. 4, #1, p. 13.
1122:Samples of Hess's fonts
1044:. Adapted by Hess and
890:Stationers Gothic Light
810:(1940), a variation of
798:(1939), a companion to
788:(1939), a knock off of
687:Stymie Extrabold Italic
669:Stymie Medium Condensed
542:Tourist Extra Condensed
530:Modern Condensed Gothic
442:Kennerley Open Capitals
332:Goudy Handtooled Italic
256:Tourist Extra Condensed
1063:American Type Founders
936:Cheltenham Wide Italic
896:Stationers Gothic Bold
878:Alternate Gothic No. 2
828:, commissioned by the
681:Stymie Light Condensed
548:re-branding of Hess's
503:Lowercase letters for
471:Alternate Gothic No. 1
399:Italian Old Style Wide
338:Goudy Heavy Face Open'
310:Goudy Old Style series
1069:). Later modified by
1056:William Dana Orcutt’s
984:Bruce Oldstyle Italic
830:Saturday Evening Post
703:’s heavyface of 1757.
699:(1935), adapted from
571:Bodoni Bold Condensed
536:Tourist Gothic Italic
518:Tourist Gothic series
370:Hess Old Style Italic
178:Saturday Evening Post
166:Yale University Press
1103:Oxford Lectern Bible
593:Sans Serif Extrabold
565:Bodoni Bold Panelled
221:Miller & Richard
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854:(1942), based upon
852:Ward Roman + Italic
480:(1928), based upon
457:Heavyface Condensed
435:Scotch Roman Italic
433:Swash initials for
413:Scotch Roman series
330:Swash capitals for
323:Swash capitals for
197:Hess Title + Italic
624:Hadriano Stone Cut
544:was actually just
302:Cochin Bold Tooled
938:, a companion to
846:Post Stout Italic
840:Post Black Italic
813:Stymie Extra Bold
767:(1938), based on
579:Sans Serif series
498:Broadway Engraved
406:Italian Old Style
350:Goudy Text Shaded
325:Goudy Bold Italic
203:Hess Title Italic
188:All faces cut by
174:Curtis Publishing
138:typeface designer
124:Sol Hess (writer)
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701:John Baskerville
696:Baskerville Bold
663:Stymie Extrabold
617:Sans Serif Lined
550:Jefferson Gothic
546:Baltimore Type's
391:Hess Bold Italic
314:Frederic Goudy's
241:Jefferson Gothic
190:Lanston Monotype
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1219:1886 births
1088:Goudy Bible
1081:and called
1073:and called
1015:, based on
955:Hess Poster
826:Post series
820:Stylescript
796:Onyx Italic
651:, based on
583:Rudolf Koch
581:, based on
482:Oz Cooper's
420:foundry of
385:Goudy Light
296:Cochin Open
233:New Bookman
1208:Categories
1133:References
1059:Humanistic
1052:Laurentian
944:Cheltenham
932:from 1798.
808:Squareface
66:newspapers
55:"Sol Hess"
940:Goodhue’s
922:Artscript
378:Hess Bold
318:Old Style
120:The Nebbs
1105:of 1948.
1038:+ Italic
874:Benton’s
864:catalog.
786:Slimline
769:Benton’s
653:Benton's
637:Pendrawn
509:Broadway
505:Benton's
467:Benton's
418:Scottish
245:Benton's
130:Sol Hess
1126:MyFonts
1092:Goudy’s
1075:Bologna
717:(1937)
628:Goudy's
446:Goudy's
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1036:Janson
1031:(1920)
1007:Boston
951:Poster
930:Madrid
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172:, and
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