Sol Hess

Fonte Century Gothic, redesenhada a partir da Twentieth Century do tipógrafo Sol Hess.

Sol Hess (1886 — 30 de janeiro de 1953) foi um tipógrafo estadunidense.

Trabalhou na Lanston Type Company (LTC) e foi o criador da fonte tipográfica Twentieth Century entre 1937 e 1947.

Fontes de sua autoria

• LTC Artscript,
• LTC Bodoni 26,
• Broadway Engraved,
• Bruce Old Style,
• Cochin,
• Goudy Havyface,
• Goudy Havyface (URW),
• LTC Hess Monoblack,
• Hess Old Style,
• Hess Old Style RR,
• LTC Jefferson Gothic,
• LTC Obelysk Grotesk,
• Okay,
• Linotype Okay,
• LTC Spire,
• Stymie,
• LTC Squareface,
• LTC Tourist Gothic,
• Linotype Stymie Condensed
• LTC Swing Bold
• Twentieth Century,
• LTC Twentieth Century,
• Twentieth Century Classified e
• Twentieth Century Poster

Bibliografia

• Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
• MacGrew, Mac, American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century, Oak Knoll Books, New Castle Delaware, 1993, ISBN 0-938768-34-4.
• Rollins, Carl Purlington American Type Designers and Their Work. in Print, V. 4, #1, p. 13.

Ligações externas

• «Linotype.com» (em English)