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ARB 85 Poster Script

ARB 85 Poster Script

by The Fontry
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Complete family of 2 fonts: $25.00 USD
ARB 85 Poster Script Font Poster 1 ARB 85 Poster Script Font Poster 2 ARB 85 Poster Script Font Poster 3
ARB 85 Poster Script Font Family was designed by Alf R. Becker, Michael Gene Adkins and published by The Fontry. ARB 85 Poster Script contains 2 styles and family package options.

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ARB 85 Poster Script JAN-39 DTP Normal

 2 fonts

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  • ARB 85 Poster Script CAS ARB 85 Poster Script CAS

  • ARB 85 Poster Script DTP ARB 85 Poster Script DTP

Per Style:

$12.50 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$25.00 USD

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About ARB 85 Poster Script Font Family

Beginning in January, 1932, Becker, at the request of then-editor E. Thomas Kelly, supplied SIGNS of the Times magazine's new Art and Design section with an alphabet a month, a project predicted to last only two years. Misjuding the popularity of the "series," it instead ran for 27 years, ending finally two months before Becker's death in 1959, for a grand total of 320 alphabets, a nearly perfect, uninterrupted run. In late 1941, almost ten years after the first alphabet was published, 100 of those alphabets were compiled and published in bookform under the title, "100 Alphabets," by Alf R. Becker. As published in January, 1939, this is the description that accompanied Becker's 85th alphabet, Modern Poster Script: This is MODERN POSTER SCRIPT--Alphabet No. 85, an attractive style with swing and highly suitable for modern poster and card work. It is heavy and bold, yet graceful, and it can be made with good speed. Once again, a greatly understated description. For the modern user, ARB 85 Poster is a heavy face often relegated to headline and display work. And if you want to be creative, bold outlines play well with the thin strokes you'll find interspersed amongst the heavy lines that are so prevalent in this font. Many font designers have tackled the task of taking Becker's incredible achievement from paper to digital, and many claim to treat his work with care and dignity. But the Fontry's Becker fonts remain the most historically accurate and viable treatments available, arriving in two industry-satisfying versions: CAS (Computer-Aided Signmaking) and DTP (Desktop Publishing).

Designers: Alf R. Becker, Michael Gene Adkins

Publisher: The Fontry

Foundry: The Fontry

Design Owner: The Fontry

MyFonts debut: Mar 24, 2011

ARB 85 Poster Script

About The Fontry

When foundry's were making steel and fonts were but a molten dream ... well, we don't go that far back! But that's how we came up with the name for The Fontry. Spun into existence in 1992 by James L. Stirling and Michael Gene Adkins, The Fontry owes its origins to lots and lots of years working around screenprint shops and the signmaking business, influences that translate clearly into our font designs. It stands to reason then that many of our typographic efforts reflect the needs of those industries. Not ones to wimp around with frilly type, many of our fonts exude the strength you've come to expect from any font that dares to call itself a display face. No typesetting lots of tiny text with any of our fonts! And our inspiration covers the gamut, from full-on customs to period revivals. But no matter the origins, we pride ourselves on taking care of the details, from the nudge-fussiest node positioning to the single-digit kerning adjustments. Every Fontry font has over 40 hours of work in it, and we like to think it shows. At least we hope it shows--really! So for fonts that really fill the space, we're the foundry guys you wanna try!

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