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Typography as language systems – creating cohesive, stylistically consistent sets of characters, symbols, and glyphs.

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Palatino

Advertisement
Cooper & Beatty, Limited
Jim Donoahue,  1960

Optima A New Antique

Brochure
Cooper & Beatty, Limited
Anthony (Tony) Mann,  c1963

Univers

Type Specimen
Cooper & Beatty, Limited
Anthony (Tony) Mann,  c1963

Melure

The first Latin display alphabet designed in Canada
Type Specimen
Les Usherwood and Headliners International
1964

Vivaldi

Typeface
Visual Graphics Corporation (VGC)
Friedrich Peter,  1966

Cartier Roman & Italic

Final unit values to be used for each character
Type Specimen
Mono Lino Typesetting Company Limited
Carl Dair,  1967

Cockney Slang

Poster
Cooper & Beatty, Limited
Jim Donoahue and Al Elliott,  c1970

The Rush Job

Poster
Typesettra
Designer Unkown,  c1975

Making Faces

Metal Type in the 21st Century
Film
Richard Kegler © P22 Films
Richard Kegler,  c2010

Title: Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor

Media format description
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