Drawn by lithographic stone engraver George Playford. Upon
Photo-Lettering’s founding in the 1930s, Playford’s alphabets were
made part of PLINC’s original assets. Originally identified by
numbers only, they were renamed after regions in New York City’s
pre-NANP
2L-5N
phone dialing program. These included Bryant, Digby,
Longacre, Butterfield, Watkins, Wickersham, Tompkins Square,
Lackawanna, Schuyler, Academy, Chelsea, Cortlandt, Algonquin,
University, Worth, and Barclay. [Life
with Letters]
Shown in PLINC’s One Line (1971) in three widths
and three weights, plus Open, Screened (diagonally hatched), and
Engravers (w/ horizontally hatched outside shade) styles. One Open
style is digitally available as More…
Drawn by lithographic stone engraver George Playford. Upon Photo-Lettering’s founding in the 1930s, Playford’s alphabets were made part of PLINC’s original assets. Originally identified by numbers only, they were renamed after regions in New York City’s pre-NANP 2L-5N phone dialing program. These included Bryant, Digby, Longacre, Butterfield, Watkins, Wickersham, Tompkins Square, Lackawanna, Schuyler, Academy, Chelsea, Cortlandt, Algonquin, University, Worth, and Barclay. [Life with Letters]
Shown in PLINC’s One Line (1971) in three widths and three weights, plus Open, Screened (diagonally hatched), and Engravers (w/ horizontally hatched outside shade) styles. One Open style is digitally available as Barclay Outline.
