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MyFonts’ review: Remember Letraset? Their dry-transfer lettering sheets were a staple of professional graphic design from 1960 until the late 1980s. As the design world went digital Letraset digitized old styles and commissioned many brand new fonts. Far too many wonderful designs to summarize, but we can’t resist a nudge in the direction of Dave Farey and Richard Dawson’s interpretation of Renaissance lettering in La Gioconda, Richard Bradley’s scripts (Fine Hand, Calligraphic Ornaments), David Quay’s distinguished Old English Agincourt, Chris Costello’s upright calligraphic Papyrus, Tim Donaldson’s vivacious script John Handy, Freda Sack’s delightful two-stroke Ignatius, Phill Grimshaw’s remarkable Pristina and Zaragoza, the lino-cut Westwood, and the fun fonts Scruff, Party, and Smack (Jill Bell’s craziest design). There’s also a huge range of symbols and pictures – look for the DF prefix.

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Biography

Letraset was formed to exploit the invention of transfer sheet lettering in 1959.

Letraset always ran an adventurous letter design program and from 1964 under the leadership of design director Colin Brignall, built a distinctive library of display typefaces.

The rise of the Apple Macintosh and the wide availability of digital fonts brought about the inevitable decline of transfer lettering. Letraset quickly converted the best of its library into digital format and continues to this day to develop typefaces under the Fontek brand.

Acquired by the Swedish Office Supplies Group Esselte A.B. in 1981 Letraset was subsequently divested to the company’s management team in June 2001.

Today, under the tagline Creative Opportunities, Letraset provides a broad range of digital and traditional design products meeting both professional and non-professional requirements.

Related Links

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 • Microsoft Typography: Letraset

Further Details

Kingsnorth Industrial Estate
Wotton Road
Ashford, Kent TN23 6FL
United Kingdom

Phone: 01233 624421

Web site: http://www.letraset.com/

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