Popular mid-century brush scripts were simplified into typefaces, taking advantage of phototype's ability to overlap and accommodate alternates. (Neo-Sonora from Headliners)

Peter Bain : Phototype

Peter Bain will be speaking at the Hidden Typography conference, October 20-21 in London, organized by the Friends of the St. Bride Printing Library. His talk on "film studios for letters" will consider the freedom phototype brought to typeface design and typography during its heyday in New York City.

Conference :

Hidden Typography

Date :

20-21 October 2003

Venue :

St Bride Printing Library
Bride Lane, Fleet Street
London

For further information :

St Bride Printing Library
Bride Lane, Fleet Street
London EC4Y 8EE
England

W : http://www.stbride.org

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