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    <title>Barclay in use</title>
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    <description>Barclay in use. Drawn by lithographic stone engraver George Playford. Upon Photo-Lettering’s founding in the 1930s, Playford’s alphabets were made part of PLINC’s original assets. Originally identified by numbers only, they were renamed after regions in New York City’s pre-NANP 2L-5N phone dialing program. These included Bryant, Digby, Longacre, Butterfield, Watkins, Wickersham, Tompkins Square, Lackawanna, Schuyler, Academy, Chelsea, Cortlandt, Algonquin, University, Worth, and Barclay. [Life with Letters]

Shown in PLINC’s One Line (1971) in three widths and three weights, plus Open, Screened (diagonally hatched), and Engravers (w/ horizontally hatched outside shade) styles. One Open style is digitally available as Barclay Outline.</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Songs For Swinging Mothers]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28696/songs-for-swinging-mothers-1</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/948/minecreek">Garrison Martin</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28696/songs-for-swinging-mothers-1"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/97063/upto-700xauto/5d97bf07/1/png/songs.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimedblanchard/7957166988" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.flickr.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Jim's Record Barn</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/110181/barclay"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/6/5999/440/4/5d97bfef/barclay.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/303/news-gothic"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/1/303/400/4/699b0737/news-gothic.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/39646/filmotype-liberty"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/15/14654/440/4/678bb7de/filmotype-liberty.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><a href="http://musiceureka.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/hi-infidelity-records-complete-series/">High In-Fidelity Records</a> produced chiefly pseudo record albums as gag gifts. Most featured silly titles and photography to match. The actual packaging didn't contain a vinyl LP, only a paper insert that read like, “I bought this Album for you as a gift... sorry, I couldn't afford the record.”</p>

<p>The title is set out in <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/110181/barclay" data-entity-code-id="110181" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Barclay</a></strong>, released by Photo-Lettering and originally drafted by lithographic stone engraver <a href="http://fontsinuse.com/type_designers/6317/george-playford">George Playford</a> (PLINC co-founder <a href="http://fontsinuse.com/type_designers/5284/harold-horman">Harold Horman</a>'s father-in-law). Upon Photo-Lettering’s founding, Playford’s alphabets, with their subtle mannerisms, were made part of PLINC’s original assets and were renamed after regions in New York City’s pre-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan">NANP</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_exchange_names">2L-5N</a> phone dialing program. These included Bryant, Digby, Longacre, Butterfield, Watkins, Wickersham, Tompkins Square, Lackawanna, Schuyler, Academy, Chelsea, Cortlandt, Algonquin, University, Worth, and Barclay.</p>

<p>Photo by Ra Cantu.</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28696/songs-for-swinging-mothers-1"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/97064/upto-700xauto/5d97c0e9/1/png/songs2.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimedblanchard/7957161306/in/photostream/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.flickr.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Jim's Record Barn</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28696/songs-for-swinging-mothers-1"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/97065/upto-700xauto/5dd3dc68/1/png/songs3.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="http://www.manuera.com/sonota/?search=master_id&v=1566" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.manuera.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Manual of Errors</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Very lucky there was another copy that shows me details of Barclay’s lowercase.</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28696/songs-for-swinging-mothers-1"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/101/100054/upto-700xauto/5dd3da64/1566-3.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="http://www.manuera.com/sonota/?search=master_id&v=1566" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.manuera.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Manual of Errors</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>The script used for the insert appears to be <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/39646/filmotype-liberty" data-entity-code-id="39646" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Filmotype Liberty</a></strong>.</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/28696/songs-for-swinging-mothers-1">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Garrison Martin</author>
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