William Addison Dwiggins (June 19, 1880 – December 25, 1956), was an American type designer, calligrapher, and book designer. He attained prominence as...
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aviation journalist and author Sue Dwiggins (1914–2011), American writer and production assistant William Addison Dwiggins (1880–1956), American type designer...
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Electra (typeface) (category Typefaces designed by William Addison Dwiggins)
designed by William Addison Dwiggins and published by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company from 1935 onwards. A book face intended for body text, Dwiggins described...
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Caledonia (typeface) (category Typefaces designed by William Addison Dwiggins)
Caledonia is a serif typeface designed by William Addison Dwiggins in 1938 for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and commonly used in book design. As a...
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Metro (typeface) (category Typefaces designed by William Addison Dwiggins)
family created by William Addison Dwiggins and released by the American Mergenthaler Linotype Company from 1929 onwards. Metro was Dwiggins's first typeface...
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college's new name, c. 1899. The Colby College Seal, redesigned by William Addison Dwiggins, c. 1936. The history of the seal tracks both the history of the...
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Merrymount Press (section William Addison Dwiggins)
what Dwiggins submitted had to be redone or was rejected outright, but he soon become the preferred artist at Merrymount Press. Most of what Dwiggins contributed...
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From 2008 to 2015, the DSA used ⟨ , ⟩, the symbols devised by William Addison Dwiggins. The Dozenal Society of Great Britain (DSGB) proposed symbols ⟨ 2...
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Corporation Microsoft Font Delivery Specification The Type Designs of William Addison Dwiggins Just My Type: A Book About Fonts by Simon Garfield Vincent Connare's...
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Cornish folklore Nishigandha Wad (born 1969), Indian film actress William Addison Dwiggins (1880–1956), American type and graphic designer known by his initials...
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influences of several historic models. Similarities can be seen with William Addison Dwiggins' 1935 design for the typeface Electra in its clarity of form, and...
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and William A. Kittredge, head of the department of design and typography, organized the campaign. When Kittredge approached William Addison Dwiggins about...
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(Metroscript, Deliscript, DeLuxe Gothic, Orion MD, PowerStation) William Addison Dwiggins (36 completed typefaces including Electra, Caledonia, Metro) Tobias...
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sign ¶ Paraphs, a 1928 book by Hermann Püterschein illustrated by William Addison Dwiggins All pages with titles beginning with Paraph Paragraph This disambiguation...
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uses such as guides to countryside walks published by the LNER. William Addison Dwiggins described it and Futura as "fine in the capitals and bum in the...
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characters were cast. The typeface was the "Falcon" design by William Addison Dwiggins, ultimately never issued. Blackwell, Lewis. 20th Century Type....
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noted typographer William Addison Dwiggins to create a line drawing version of the seal in 1940 that saw widespread use. Dwiggins' design was modified...
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replicated his approach for a time: Van Krimpen's Romulus and William Addison Dwiggins' Electra were both released with obliques. Morison's Times New...
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Francis Hauksbee, Nicolaus Samuel Cruquius, Johann Heinrich Lambert and William Playfair. In the experimental sciences, data collected from experiments...
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calligraphy and the works of American calligraphers Oscar Ogg and William Addison Dwiggins. Additionally, it takes cues from signs in American movies from...
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Typographic Development. Griffith worked closely with the designers William Addison Dwiggins and Rudolph Ruzicka, whom he solicited to create typefaces for...
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Bookerly Class: Other Bulmer Designer: William Martin Class: Transitional Caledonia Designer: William Addison Dwiggins Class: Transitional Calisto Designer:...
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typography, employing notable designers and typographers including William Addison Dwiggins, Harry Ford, Steven Heller, Chip Kidd, Lorraine Louie, Peter Mendelsund...
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1929) is the son of Haim Wardi, PhD (ne Rosenfeld; 1901–1975) (he) William Addison Dwiggins (1880–1956), a commercial artist, is lauded for high quality work...
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master fonts for Adobe Systems and a revival and expansion of William Addison Dwiggins’ Eldorado family for Premiere Magazine. Rickner joined Monotype...
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replicated his approach for a time: van Krimpen's Romulus and William Addison Dwiggins' Electra were both released with obliques. Morison's Times New...
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New York 1939 This view is advanced by Daniel Berkeley Updike, William Addison Dwiggins, Thomas Maitland Cleland, Will Bradley, Frederic Goudy, Frederic...
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fleurons, and manicules. He was a friend and contemporary of William Addison Dwiggins, who shared his dual interests in typography and puppetry. Houston...
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New York Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story, on the work of William Addison Dwiggins, and for Print magazine. His book on the New York subway is known...
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extensive collection the library houses: an Eric Gill collection, a William Addison Dwiggins collection, a Beatrice Warde collection, types of the Oxford University...
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