‘Blueprint’ booklet cover – Department of Labour (Ottawa), Carl Dair, 1945

Dair paired his hand lettered ‘blueprint’ with Alternate Gothic No.1 designed by Morris Fuller Benton for American Type Founders (ATF) in 1903. The name references the three alternate widths of the same basic letterform that make up this popular series.

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Artifact

Date

1945

Title

Blueprint for a skilled job in the construction industry

Description

Booklet

Cover, two-colour booklet, 38 pp

5.75 × 8.75 inches

Publication

Publisher

Client

Department of Labour, Ottawa

Credits

Agency:

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Design: Carl Dair

Typography:

Hand_Lettering:

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Biography:

Typographic Director, Graphics Division, National Film Board

Principal Typefaces

Display: hand lettering and Alternate Gothic No.1 (ATF)

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Hand-Lettering Alternate Gothic

Region

Quebec

Language

English

Holding

The Carl Dair Papers at the Robertson Davies Library Massey College, University of Toronto

Copyright Status

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