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Creator: Shirley Smith, Book Jacket Designer and Lettering Artist
March is Women’s History Month.Letterform Archive posted an excellent article, on June 12, 2023, by Anne Galperin who wrote “The Women of Photo-Lettering”. One of the ten women was Shirley Smith who...
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Creator: Margaret Yakovenko, Package Designer, Illustrator and Typeface...
March is Women’s History Month.Letterform Archive posted an excellent article, on June 12, 2023, by Anne Galperin who wrote “The Women of Photo-Lettering”. One of the ten women was Margaret Yakovenko....
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Alphabets: Connie Rechel, Graphic Designer, Artist and Typeface Designer
March is Women’s History Month. Letterform Archive posted an excellent article, on June 12, 2023, by Anne Galperin who wrote “The Women of Photo-Lettering”. Connie Rechel was one of ten women...
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Calligraphy: A Few Details About Elisabeth Holden Webb, Manuscript Illuminator
March is Women’s History Month.Elisabeth Holden Webb was born on September 24, 1876 in Geneva, Switzerland. The birth date was recorded on two passenger manifests from 1912 and 1914. The 1900 United...
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Comics: A Few Details About George Ward, Cartoonist and Letterer
George Arthur Ward was born on February 18, 1921 in Scranton, Pennsylvania according to his World War II draft card which had his full name. He was baptized on August 26, 1921 at the Presbyterian...
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The Jungle Fever (1991) movie poster by Art Sims reminds me of Ralph M. Hattersley Jr.’s photograph in “black & white in color”, Eros #4, Winter 1962. Detail The Clockers (1995) movie poster by Art...
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Comics: A Few Details About Syd Shores, Artist, Inker and Art Director
Syd Shores was born Sydney Lawrence Schwartz according to his daughter, Nancy Shores Karlebach, in an interview published in Alter Ego #167, January 2021. The name change was noted on his World War II...
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Under Cover: Art Direction 1961
January: Arthur Eckstein and Bernard Stone February: Bradbury Thompson March: Norman Gollin April: Bernard Owett May: Zoltan N. KissJune: Salvatore J. Taibbi July: Bud Blake August: George...
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Comics: Charles Paris, an Artist, Inker and Letterer
Charles Spurgeon Paris Jr. was born on September 25, 1911 in Greensboro, North Carolina according to the North Carolina Birth Index (at Ancestry.com) and his World War II draft card. The 1920 United...
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Street Scene: Jack Kirby Way
Today at noon, May 11, 2026, the street sign unveiling ceremony will be at the northwest corner of Essex and Delancey Streets. Nearby subway stations at 2nd Avenue, Delancey Street and East Broadway (F...
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Comics: A Few Details About Alex Schomburg, Artist
Alex Schomburg was born Alejandro Schomburg on May 10, 1905 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico according to the Civil Registration at Ancestry.com. His death certificate had the name Alexander Anthony...
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Under Cover: Art Direction 1962
January: Dick Martin February: Robert ShoreMarch: George Elliott April: Onofrio Paccione May: Tomi Ungerer June: Greg Bruno July: Morton Goldsholl August: Bill CadgeSeptember: Joe WeitzOctober:...
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Comics: Al Allard, Art Director
Albert Pierre “Al” Allard was born on May 24, 1904, in Minneapolis, Minnesota according to the Minnesota Births Index, at Ancestry.com, and his World War II draft card. His parents were Edward George...
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Typography: Morgan Press Wood Type Supplement Number One
Morgan Press120 High Point RoadScarsdale, New YorkSCarsdale 3-3180No date or design credit but it looks like John Alcorn’s handiwork. The envelope included a double-sided poster in...
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Typography: The Headliners & Morgan Press
Art Direction, October 1964 Catalog design by John AlcornThe Headliners International, 196864 pages of typefaces displayed in black-and-white with several pages in...
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Typography: Wood 2
Wood 2Morgan Press, (some booksellers have circa 1970)The first Wood catalog, circa 1964, was 112 pages plus covers. Wood 2 had 156 pages plus covers. Both catalogs had the same typefaces and designs...
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Creator: A Few Details About John Alcorn, Illustrator and Designer
John Earle Alcorn was born on February 10, 1935 in Corona, New York. His parents were Herbert Melville Alcorn (1908–1992) and Mabel A. Comotto (1912–1996), who married on April 14, 1934 in Corona....
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Comics: Delores Heilman, Letterer and Colorist
Delores Heilman was born Delores Joan Sterba on September 19, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. The birth date is from the Cook County, Illinois Birth Index at Ancestry.com. Delores’ parents were Joseph...
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Creator: The Futurist Art of Mike Hinge
The Futurist Art of Mike HingeRodney SchroeterCover, pages 1–4 designed by SterankoSilver Creek Press, 2026Related PostsCreator: Mike HingeInspiration: The...
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Typography: Blackglama 1968–1994
The Blackglama advertising campaign, What becomes a Legend most?, began in 1968. The typeface resembles Akzidenz-Grotesk. In 1972, the typeface, Fat Face, was used for the headline and brand name....
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Creator: A Few Details About Ronné Bonder, Graphic Designer and Entrepreneur
Ronné Bonder was born Chaskel Josel Bonder on February 4, 1935 in Poland. His birthdate is from the Los Angeles Medical Examiner. The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum said his birthplace was...
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Comics: Laurens Crossley, Letterer
Laurens Sylvester Crossley was born on June 16, 1889, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His full name and birth information were on his World War I and II draft cards. (Crossley’s first name was...
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Alphabets: Art Lettering
Internet Archive (Next post on Monday: Champion Papers in Art Direction)
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Typography: Champion Papers in Art Direction
Art Direction, June 1961 Art Direction, August 1962, Henry Wolf Art Direction, February 1964 Art Direction, March 1964 Art Direction, May 1964Art Direction, July 1964 Art Direction, October 1964 Art...
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Lettering: Andy Warhol, Commercial Artist
Art Direction, April 1961Fritzie Miller Associates advertisement lettered by Andy Warhol Art Direction, April 1962Champion Papers advertisementAndy Warhol photographed by Art KaneArt Kane illustrated...
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