Thomas Maitland Cleland
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Thomas Maitland Cleland was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 book designer, painter, illustrator, and type designer.

Education and career

Cleland studied at the Artisan Institute before working as a book designer for the Caslon Press and Merrymount Press
Merrymount Press
The Merrymount Press was a printing company, both scholarly and craftsmanlike, founded and run by Daniel Berkeley Updike in Boston, Massachusetts, and extant during the years 1893–1941...

. Founded the Cornhill Press in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

. Magazine work included being art director for McClure's Magazine
McClure's
McClure's or McClure's Magazine was an American illustrated monthly periodical popular at the turn of the 20th century. The magazine is credited with creating muckraking journalism. Ida Tarbell's series in 1902 exposing the monopoly abuses of John D...

 (1907/8), and illustrations and typography for Wesvaco Paper Corporation's
NewPage Corporation
NewPage Corporation, based in Miamisburg, Ohio, is a leading producer of coated paper in North America.The company produces coated papers in sheets and rolls with many finishes and weights to offer design flexibility for a wide array of end uses...

 in-house magazine (1925) and Fortune
Fortune (magazine)
Fortune is a global business magazine published by Time Inc. Founded by Henry Luce in 1930, the publishing business, consisting of Time, Life, Fortune, and Sports Illustrated, grew to become Time Warner. In turn, AOL grew as it acquired Time Warner in 2000 when Time Warner was the world's largest...

. Associated with American Type Founders
American Type Founders
American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

 for most of the early twentieth century.

Typefaces

  • Della Robbia (1903, ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    ) later cast by Lanston Monotype (1915), Deberny & Peignot
    Deberny & Peignot
    Deberny & Peignot was a French type foundry, created by the 1923 merger of Peignot foundry and the Laurent & Deberny foundry. It was bought by the Haas Type Foundry of Switzerland in 1972, which in turn was merged into D...

     (1917) and Intertype
    Intertype Corporation
    The Intertype Corporation produced the Intertype, a typecasting machine closely resembling the Linotype, and using the same matrices as the Linotype...

    , and cast as Westminster Oldstyle by Stephenson Blake
    Stephenson Blake
    Stephenson Blake was a British Type foundry, based in Sheffield, England. Active from the 19th century until the 1990s, it remained the last active typefoundry in Britain.-Type Founding:...

     (1907), and as Firenze by Typefoundry Amsterdam
    Amsterdam Type foundry
    The Amsterdam Type foundry was a Dutch type foundry which contributed a number of original type designs early in the 20th century. It eventually became a division of Tetterode. On October 1, 2000, Tetterode transferred the rights for all their typefaces to Linotype...

    .
    • Della Robbia Light (1913, ATF
      American Type Founders
      American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

      ) was cut by Morris Fuller Benton
      Morris Fuller Benton
      Morris Fuller Benton was an influential American typeface designer who headed the design department of the American Type Founders , for which he was the chief type designer from 1900 to 1937...

       and copied by Damon & Peat as Armstrong.
    • Della Robbia Initials (Intertype
      Intertype Corporation
      The Intertype Corporation produced the Intertype, a typecasting machine closely resembling the Linotype, and using the same matrices as the Linotype...

      ) are not related at all.
  • Garamond No. 3 + Italic
    Garamond
    Garamond is the name given to a group of old-style serif typefaces named after the punch-cutter Claude Garamond . Most of the Garamond faces are more closely related to the work of a later punch-cutter, Jean Jannon...

    (1917, ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    ) in collaboration with Morris Fuller Benton
    Morris Fuller Benton
    Morris Fuller Benton was an influential American typeface designer who headed the design department of the American Type Founders , for which he was the chief type designer from 1900 to 1937...

  • Swash letters for Caslon Oldstyle Italic No. 471
    Caslon
    Caslon refers to a number of serif typefaces designed by William Caslon I , and various revivals thereof.Caslon shares the irregularity characteristic of Dutch Baroque types. It is characterized by short ascenders and descenders, bracketed serifs, moderately-high contrast, robust texture, and...

    (1920, ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    )
  • Swash letters for Garamond No. 3 + Italic
    Garamond
    Garamond is the name given to a group of old-style serif typefaces named after the punch-cutter Claude Garamond . Most of the Garamond faces are more closely related to the work of a later punch-cutter, Jean Jannon...

    (1922, ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    )

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