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Clarence B Hornung, Hal Zamboni and Oscar Ogg
Posted by fredo in
9 Jun 2010 — 4:33am
9 Jun 2010 — 4:33am
I'm preparing a short text on manicules and I've found some interesting ones by the above mentioned designers.
Unfortunately the source is from a Typophile chapbook dating from 1946, and their biographies are far from complete. And what I've found on the internet has not been very helpful, so far.
Has anyone something to chip in here?
Yours,
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9 Jun 2010 — 8:30am
Leslie Cabarga knows a great deal about Hornung, wrote about him in The Logo, Font, and Lettering Bible and also gave a conference presentation which someone might have video of.
9 Jun 2010 — 9:19am
I've included manicules in Fontesque, Figgins Sans, and Scotch Modern.
They're original designs, except for one of those in Scotch Modern, which is a revival.
Those in Scotch Modern Display (and the upcoming Fontesque OT) are optically scaled.
Those in Figgins Sans italic are italicized.
Check out the PDFs at shinntype.com to see what they look like.
10 Jun 2010 — 12:59am
James, thanks! I'll check it out.
Nick, You were already in my thoughts, after seeing your Scotch Modern display manicule in St Petersburg. I'll be in touch.
Here's the Zamboni manicule in all its Dick Tracyesque glory: