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This Just In: The Darden Type Design Archive. We’re honored to receive hundreds of annotated font proofs from Joshua Darden, the first African American type designer. The material, produced between 2006 and 2012, documents and illuminates the process of making typefaces.
Read more about Darden and the work from members of his drawing staff:
https://letterformarchive.org/news/darden-type-design-archive/#LetterformArchive #DardenStudio #TypeDesign #BlackHistory #BlackDesigners
Photo of Darden: Jean François Porchez
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