50th Annual Dwiggins Lecture: Stephen Coles — The Society of Printers

Warmth & Snap: What New Type Owes WA Dwiggins Nearly a century ago, as W. A. Dwiggins was nearing 50 years old, he partnered with the Mergenthaler Linotype company to do something he’d never done in his long career: create new typefaces. The resulting designs—such as Metro, Electra, and Ca