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Question about Desdemona Solid typeface.
Posted by emojo5 in
14 Jan 2011 — 10:35am
14 Jan 2011 — 10:35am
Hi all.
I was wondering if anyone here might know the answer to this question? Was Desdemona Solid ever released by Letraset as a rubdown sheet? And if so, what was the sheet number and about what year. Thank you for any assistance you might lend to the discussion.
-Ed M.
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14 Jan 2011 — 10:42am
I don't know if this is the original issue year, but Desdemona Solid shows up in the 1981 Letraset catalog as LG 601 to LG 604 (72, 60, 48 and 36 pt)...
14 Jan 2011 — 10:48am
Hi Oldnick.
Wow! That was quick. Thank you for your info. Do they show the entire font set ( as I recall, they probably do not). The original issue year is not all that important. I was hoping to find out a range of years that it was in their catalogs. Very, very helpful. Thank you again so much.
-Ed M.
14 Jan 2011 — 11:09am
Desdemona Solid is in the 1986 Letraset Catalog (LG 601 to LG 604) Upper and lowercase plus numbers and basic punctuation as on standard rub down sheet is shown.
14 Jan 2011 — 11:28am
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14 Jan 2011 — 12:23pm
It's in 1989.
Have a look at some of the recent links in this thread. http://typophile.com/node/66278
18 Jan 2011 — 1:39pm
Upon further research found Desdemona Solid in 1976 Letraset Catalog
25 Jan 2011 — 2:41pm
Thank you all for your help. Could anyone perhaps provide a decent quality scan so I can see the character set? I would appreciate it very much. Thanks again. I'm on the search for an old Letraset catalog from the late 1970's.
-Ed/emojo5
25 Jan 2011 — 3:10pm
http://www.nicksfonts.com/depot/desdemona.zip
600 dpi grayscale, same size as in the '81 catalog...
26 Jan 2011 — 1:29pm
Hi Oldnick.
WOW!! Thank you so much. That's a very big help.
Ed/emojo5