Most of Baltotype’s Airport series is a copy of
Futura. This entry is for the
Black, Black Condensed Title (all caps),
and Broad styles, which are original additions. The
Black is very similar to
Spartan Extra Black.
Airport Black “was cut by Baltimore about 1943;
information on this cutting is scarce and contradictory – one
account says it was designed by Bill Stremic or Bill Blakefield,
another that it was designed by Carl Hupie (or Hooper), and cut by
Herman Schnoor. There is also Airport Black Condensed
Title and Airport Broad. The latter is a
modification of Airport Black, cut 50 percent wider on
the pantagraph by Herman Schnoor. Baltimore later cast some of its
Airport series from Monotype Twentieth Century matrices, and in a few
cases listed both series. Airport Relief, Baltimore
299, is English Monotype Gill
Sans Cameo Ruled, while Airport Tourist,
Baltimore 602, is More…
Most of Baltotype’s Airport series is a copy of Futura. This entry is for the Black, Black Condensed Title (all caps), and Broad styles, which are original additions. The Black is very similar to Spartan Extra Black.
Airport Black “was cut by Baltimore about 1943; information on this cutting is scarce and contradictory – one account says it was designed by Bill Stremic or Bill Blakefield, another that it was designed by Carl Hupie (or Hooper), and cut by Herman Schnoor. There is also Airport Black Condensed Title and Airport Broad. The latter is a modification of Airport Black, cut 50 percent wider on the pantagraph by Herman Schnoor. Baltimore later cast some of its Airport series from Monotype Twentieth Century matrices, and in a few cases listed both series. Airport Relief, Baltimore 299, is English Monotype Gill Sans Cameo Ruled, while Airport Tourist, Baltimore 602, is Futura Display, cast from electrotype mats of the German foundry type.” [McGrew 1993]
Adopted for phototype. [PLINC 1960]
