Quality Type Listings - Indiana, USA

[Dave Hughes]

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12 pt Cartoon Light (Bauer) type for letterpress printing*

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Seller's description:

"Cartoon is an informal letter, preserving the freedom of handlettering, with its name apparently suggested by the lettering in comic strips. Its two weights were drawn by Howard Allen Tafton, New York designer, in 1936. It is one of the few faces by American designers that was not cut and cast in this country; this was hand-cut (probably in one size, with other sizes derived from it) and cast by Bauer Type Foundry in Germany."*

* Mac McGrew, "American Typefaces of the Twentieth Century", Second Revised Edition, p. 61.

Note: This is a nice little set complete with all caps, numbers, punctuation, and symbols. Clean edges that will print nicely for the small size.

NOTE: Harvested from the private collection of Dave Churchman, APA 308. You may have seen this font in the chaotic background of the letterpress documentary, "Pressing On".

Thanks!
Gretchen

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