Letterform Archive

Specimen for Brush, (Typeface by Robert E. Smith), Lanston Monotype Machine Company, Philadelphia, 1942.

More commonly known as Brush Script in its digital version, (and often maligned due to misuse and overuse), Brush is one of the more successful examples of mid-20th-century script lettering translated to metal type.

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May 19 at 3:38amWeb
Show threadLetterform ArchiveMay 19
Brush was a single-weight typeface, but they did try a Black that never made it to production: https://flic.kr/p/nYC3dM What do you think of this addition? Wish it survived?
Show threadDave JefferyMay 19
@letterformarchive It's very nice; reminiscent of the typography that was used in Hungary in the 50s and 60s.
Show threadragandboneshopMay 22
Ehhh, no? But i do like Brush. Been a long time since I set the mnetal type, but I seem to recall there were these clever little indents in, for example, the left lower side of the bowl of the a, where the previous letter's connecting stroke could nestle, to give the illusion of a truly connected script.