Wadsworth A. Parker
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Wadsworth A. Parker was an American printer and typeface designer. He was a director of the American Type Founders Company
, designed many faces for them, and served as head of their specimen department. His faces are typically highly decorative and often capture the Art Deco
style of the time.
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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...
, designed many faces for them, and served as head of their specimen department. His faces are typically highly decorative and often capture the Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
style of the time.
Typefaces designed Wadsworth A. Parker
All faces cut by American Type FoundersAmerican 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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- Goudy Handtooled + italic (1922), alternately credited to either Charles H. Becker or Morris Fuller BentonMorris Fuller BentonMorris 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...
. - Lexington (1926), with Clarence P. Hornung.
- Gallia (1927)
- Modernistic (1928)
- Graybar (1930)
- Additions to M.F. Bentons'sMorris Fuller BentonMorris 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...
Stymie series:- Stymie Compressed (1932)
- Stymie Inline Title (1932)
- Swash letters for BookmanBookman (typeface)Bookman or Bookman Old Style is a serif typeface derived from Old Style Antique and designed by Alexander Phemister in 1858 for Miller and Richard foundry. Several American foundries copied the design, including the Bruce Type Foundry, and issued it under various names. In 1901, Bruce refitted...
(1936?)