Stewart Russell on Nostr: Anyone got a copy of the 1928 ATF font catalogue? I'm specifically looking for Morris ...
Anyone got a copy of the 1928 ATF font catalogue? I'm specifically looking for Morris Fuller Benton's first cut of Broadway, to see if it has the letter S form which can only be truthfully described as "weird-ass". Internet Archive has catalogues from the early 1930s, by which time Broadway had grown lowercase, plus a more sinuous S form.
#typography #ATF #MorrisFullerBenton #history #1928 #ArtDeco
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