Mellissa Inline in use https://www.fontsinuse.com/typefaces/39367/mellissa-inline Mellissa Inline in use. Designed by Douglas Sheldrake and issued by Letraset in a single contoured style, Mellissa Inline. Comes with a number of swash alternates. Sometimes spelled Melissa Inline. Typony showed a phototype version in five styles under the name Tomson [Daylight Fonts]. The Outline and the Regular appear to be the Inline, separated, and the X-Bold looks like the Inline with the gap filled in. en Copyright 2026 , FontsInUse.com LLC Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:36:17 +0000 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:36:17 +0000 3600 <![CDATA[Let’s Talk Type! from Metropolis newspaper]]> https://www.fontsinuse.com/uses/9560/let-s-talk-type-andnbsp-from-metropolis-newsp Mark Simonson


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I posted this to my blog years ago, but thought this would be a good place for it.

In 1977 at age 21, I was production manager (officially) and assistant art director (unofficially) for Metropolis, a weekly newspaper in Minneapolis. I was the resident “type expert” on staff, and the editor encouraged me to write a piece for “Final Draft,” a recurring miscellany page in the newspaper. I chose to survey the landscape of type clichés of the day.



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