William Addison Dwiggins

American type designer, calligrapher, and book designer, 1880–1956.

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Typefaces:
- Caledonia (37)
- Metro No. 2 (25)
- Electra (20)
- Metro (9)
- Metro Nova (5)
- Eldorado (4)
- Dwiggins Deco (2)
- Dwiggins Initials 48 (1)
- Falcon (1)
- Geometric 415 (1)
- Arcadia (Dwiggins)
- Arcadia (Inzinger)
- Caravan
- DH Sans
- Dossier
- Dwiggins Initials 36
- Dwiggins Initials 41
- Dwiggins Initials 42
- Elante
- Grosse Pointe Metro
- Hingham
- ITC New Winchester
- Metro Office
- Mon Nicolette
- P22 Dwiggins Extras
- More…
- P22 Dwiggins Uncial
- Tippecanoe
- Transitional 511
- Transitional 521
- Less…

Uses of typefaces by William Addison Dwiggins

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Startling Stories, vol. 16, no. 31948

Better Publications

Contributed by Alan Sargent

<cite>Startling Stories</cite>, vol. 16, no. 3

The Dragon and the Phoenix by Eric Chou1972

unknown

Photo(s) by Make It Old on Flickr.

Plaza Côte des Neiges logo and newspaper ads1968

unknown

Contributed by Jayce Wheeled

Sponsor

A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir (Warner, 1973)1973

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>A Very Easy Death</cite> by Simone de Beauvoir (Warner, 1973)

Darlin’ Bill: A Love Story of the Wild West by Jerome Charyn1980

Loretta Trezzo

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<span><cite>Darlin’ Bill: A Love Story of the Wild West</cite> by Jerome </span> Charyn

Tour d’Europe marketing2010

Christoffer Leka
Kaisa Leka
Kristoffer Åberg

Contributed by Christoffer Leka

We Shall Fight in the Streets by Captain S.J. Cuthbert1941

unknown
John G. Walter

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<span><cite>We Shall Fight in the Streets</cite> by Captain S.J. Cuthbert</span>

National Theatre Supply advertisement1936

Contributed by Bryson Stohr

Tour d’Europe by Christoffer and Kaisa Leka2010

Christoffer Leka
Kaisa Leka

Contributed by Christoffer Leka

Staff Pick

Clay’s Ark by Octavia E. Butler, St. Martin’s1984

Lee Wade

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Clay’s Ark</cite> by Octavia E. Butler, St. Martin’s

The Stars at Noon by Denis Johnson1986

R.D. Scudellari

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>The Stars at Noon</cite> by Denis Johnson

Staff Pick

The Tokyo–Montana Express by Richard Brautigan1980

Walter Harper

Contributed by Matthew Smith

<cite>The Tokyo–Montana Express</cite> by Richard Brautigan

Ike & Tina Turner – Dynamite! album art1962

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<span>Ike & Tina Turner – <cite>Dynamite!</cite> album art</span>

They Might Be Giants – Here Come the ABCs album art2005

Melissa Jun

Contributed by Bryson Stohr

David Jones Singers – Sing-Along With The David Jones Singers album artc. 1965

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Declaration in Dimokratiki Amina, Sep. 19671967

unknown

Contributed by Maria Paganopoulou

Declaration in <cite>Dimokratiki Amina</cite>, Sep. 1967

“Ovid: Love Poems” in Eros, no. 21962

Herb Lubalin

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

“Ovid: Love Poems” in <cite>Eros</cite>, no. 2

Listen to the Warm by Rod McKuen1967

Carl Weiss
Robert Shore

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Listen to the Warm</cite> by <span>Rod McKuen</span>

Steve Reich – The Desert Music album art1985

Carin Goldberg

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Steve Reich – <cite>The Desert Music</cite> album art

Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Harper & Row)1964

unknown

Contributed by Benjamin Shaykin

<cite>Why We Can’t Wait</cite> by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Harper & Row)

Staff Pick

Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence (Bantam)1969

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Women in Love</cite> by D.H. Lawrence (Bantam)

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig (Bantam)1974

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</cite> by Robert M. Pirsig (Bantam)

Staff Pick

Preparing for Parenthood by Dr. Lee Salk (Bantam)1975

unknown

Photo(s) by Make It Old on Flickr.

Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion (Bantam)1971

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Play It as It Lays</cite> by Joan Didion (Bantam)

Jerzy Kosiński paperbacks (Bantam)c. 1969

Leo Dillon
Diane Dillon
Sandy Kossin

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Zodiac by Robert Graysmith (St. Martin’s/Marek first edition)1986

Doris Borowsky

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (Picador first English hardcover edition)1998

unknown
Marshall Arisman

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

Staff Pick

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (Bantam Books paperback)1972

Frederick Cantor
unknown

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (Harper & Row first edition)1971

Frederick Cantor

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

Staff Pick

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (Alfred A. Knopf first edition)1990

Chip Kidd
unknown

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath, 1968 Vintage Books edition1968

Joe del Gaudio

Contributed by Nick Sherman

<cite>The Colossus and Other Poems</cite> by Sylvia Plath, 1968 Vintage Books edition

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Bay Back Books centennial edition)2018

Gregg Kulick

Contributed by Daniel Metzinger

<cite>The Catcher in the Rye</cite> by J.D. Salinger (Bay Back Books centennial edition)

Suttree by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage International)1992

Chip Kidd
Katya Mezhibovskaya

Contributed by Daniel Metzinger

Norman Maine et son orchestre – 6e Série EP cover1958

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Norman Maine et son orchestre – <cite>6e Série</cite> EP cover

“Falcon will fly” ad by Mergenthaler Linotype (1962)1962

unknown

Photo(s) by Letterform Archive on Flickr.

W. A. Dwiggins, Wordsmith2017

Misha Beletsky

Contributed by Misha Beletsky

Commando movie poster1985

unknown

Contributed by Jayce Wheeled

Letter from Spain to the Traveller1961

unknown

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

What To Do With Your Bad Car by Ralph Nader et al.1971

Arnold Skolnick

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>What To Do With Your Bad Car</cite> by Ralph Nader et al.

Cooper Contempo
(Sample unavailable)

German Democracy at Work by James K. Pollock (ed.)1955

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>German Democracy at Work</cite> by James K. Pollock (ed.)

Creekside at Sun Valley condominium unit numbers2021

Stephen Coles
Bob Youngman
Matthew Coles

Photo(s) by Stephen Coles on Flickr.

A Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick (Doubleday, 1970)1970

Gina Rosencrantz
Michelle Moschella

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

The De-Fenders – The De-Fenders Play The Big Ones album art1963

Woody Woodward

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

The De-Fenders – <cite>The De-Fenders Play The Big Ones</cite> album art

Of Course You Can Sew! – Basics of Sewing for the Young Beginner by Barbara Corrigan (Doubleday, 1971)c. 1971

Barbara Corrigan
Wendell Minor

Contributed by Christopher Bentley

<cite>Of Course You Can Sew! – Basics of Sewing for the Young Beginner</cite> by Barbara Corrigan (Doubleday, 1971)

Sweetcrab by Margaret Summerton (Doubleday)1971

Emanuel Schongut
Cheryl Brown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Sweetcrab</cite> by Margaret Summerton (Doubleday)

Staff Pick

Arts & Architecture, May 19431943

Ray Eames

Contributed by Ryan Mungia

The Leeshore by Robert Reed (Donald I. Fine)1987

Loretta Trezzo

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>The Leeshore</cite> by Robert Reed (<span>Donald I. Fine</span>)

Staff Pick

King’s Glass Supplies invoice (1950)1950

Photo(s) by Make It Old on Flickr.

Postcard by Flair, Inc., Portland, Oregonc. 1950

Photo(s) by The Cardboard America Archives on Flickr.

The Theatre of the Absurd by Martin Esslin1961

Jack Wolfgang Beck

Contributed by Annie Szafranski

<cite>The Theatre of the Absurd </cite>by Martin Esslin

Juilliard Streichquartett, Béla Bartók ‎– Die Sechs Streichquartette album art1973

unknown

Contributed by Nick Sherman

Juilliard Streichquartett, Béla Bartók ‎– <cite>Die Sechs Streichquartette</cite> album art

Staff Pick

Grocery ads in Oxnard Press-Courier1958

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Grocery ads in <cite>Oxnard Press-Courier</cite>

Staff Pick

Sears Fine Food ad1960

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

The Smoke Dreams of Fred Engelberg1963

Barry Feinstein
William S. Harvey

Contributed by Garrison Martin

<cite>The Smoke Dreams of</cite> Fred Engelberg

Circe by Madeline Miller (Little, Brown)2018

Will Staehle

Contributed by Chris Purcell

Greeks Bearing Gifts and Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr2018

Nicole LaRoche
Lucia Bernard

Contributed by Chris Purcell

<cite>Greeks Bearing Gifts</cite> and <cite>Prussian Blue</cite> by Philip Kerr

Our Gang by Philip Roth (1973 Bantam Books special Watergate edition)1973

unknown
Jared Lee

Contributed by Garrison Martin

The Cinema of Luis Buñuel by Freddy Buache1973

Contributed by Hairy Lime

<cite>The Cinema of Luis Buñuel</cite> by Freddy Buache

Variations for Troubled Hands by Steve Carr2017

Wayne Daly

Contributed by Love Lagerkvist

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William Addison Dwiggins

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Uses of typefaces by William Addison Dwiggins

Startling Stories, vol. 16, no. 31948

The Dragon and the Phoenix by Eric Chou1972

Plaza Côte des Neiges logo and newspaper ads1968

A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir (Warner, 1973)1973

Darlin’ Bill: A Love Story of the Wild West by Jerome Charyn1980

Tour d’Europe marketing2010

We Shall Fight in the Streets by Captain S.J. Cuthbert1941

National Theatre Supply advertisement1936

Tour d’Europe by Christoffer and Kaisa Leka2010

Clay’s Ark by Octavia E. Butler, St. Martin’s1984

The Stars at Noon by Denis Johnson1986

The Tokyo–Montana Express by Richard Brautigan1980

Ike & Tina Turner – Dynamite! album art1962

They Might Be Giants – Here Come the ABCs album art2005

David Jones Singers – Sing-Along With The David Jones Singers album artc. 1965

Declaration in Dimokratiki Amina, Sep. 19671967

“Ovid: Love Poems” in Eros, no. 21962

Listen to the Warm by Rod McKuen1967

Steve Reich – The Desert Music album art1985

Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr. (Harper & Row)1964

Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence (Bantam)1969

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig (Bantam)1974

Preparing for Parenthood by Dr. Lee Salk (Bantam)1975

Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion (Bantam)1971

Jerzy Kosiński paperbacks (Bantam)c. 1969

Zodiac by Robert Graysmith (St. Martin’s/Marek first edition)1986

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (Picador first English hardcover edition)1998

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (Bantam Books paperback)1972

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (Harper & Row first edition)1971

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (Alfred A. Knopf first edition)1990

The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath, 1968 Vintage Books edition1968

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Bay Back Books centennial edition)2018

Suttree by Cormac McCarthy (Vintage International)1992

Norman Maine et son orchestre – 6e Série EP cover1958

“Falcon will fly” ad by Mergenthaler Linotype (1962)1962

W. A. Dwiggins, Wordsmith2017

Commando movie poster1985

Letter from Spain to the Traveller1961

What To Do With Your Bad Car by Ralph Nader et al.1971

German Democracy at Work by James K. Pollock (ed.)1955

Creekside at Sun Valley condominium unit numbers2021

A Maze of Death by Philip K. Dick (Doubleday, 1970)1970

The De-Fenders – The De-Fenders Play The Big Ones album art1963

Of Course You Can Sew! – Basics of Sewing for the Young Beginner by Barbara Corrigan (Doubleday, 1971)c. 1971

Sweetcrab by Margaret Summerton (Doubleday)1971

Arts & Architecture, May 19431943

The Leeshore by Robert Reed (Donald I. Fine)1987

King’s Glass Supplies invoice (1950)1950

Postcard by Flair, Inc., Portland, Oregonc. 1950

The Theatre of the Absurd by Martin Esslin1961

Juilliard Streichquartett, Béla Bartók ‎– Die Sechs Streichquartette album art1973

Grocery ads in Oxnard Press-Courier1958

Sears Fine Food ad1960

The Smoke Dreams of Fred Engelberg1963

Circe by Madeline Miller (Little, Brown)2018

Greeks Bearing Gifts and Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr2018

Our Gang by Philip Roth (1973 Bantam Books special Watergate edition)1973

The Cinema of Luis Buñuel by Freddy Buache1973

Variations for Troubled Hands by Steve Carr2017