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Thorne Shaded

First released by Robert Thorne’s Fann Street Foundry around 1810. Revived in 1938 by Stephenson Blake, who acquired the Fann Street holdings [Gray 1976]. The solid typeface that was the basis for Thorne Shaded is now known as Thorowgood.

Adopted by Photo-Lettering for phototypesetting [PLINC 1965] and by Mecanorma for dry-transfer lettering [Mecanorma 1970].

Digitizations include OPTI Thorne Shaded (Castcraft, 1990–1993, used for sample) and Thorne Shaded (Dieter Steffmann, 2002). The latter is a freebie with a limited character set (A–Z, 0–9, &).

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The Story of Our Friend, the Fat Facec. 1826

  • Paul Rand
  • Herbert Bayer
  • Bruno Munari

Contributed by Jennifer Kennard

The Story of Our Friend, the Fat Face
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