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Lamplough & Son, Ltd. Aeroplanes ad

Contributed by Stephen Coles on Feb 27th, 2017. Artwork published in
July 1909
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    Lamplough & Son, Ltd. Aeroplanes ad
    Source: http://www.aviationancestry.co.uk Image via Aviation Ancestry. License: All Rights Reserved.

    An advertisement shown in Flight, July 10, 1909. The typefaces appear to be Caslon’s Doric Italic No. 1 (later known as Old Gothic Bold Italic) and Gothic No. 2. The smaller sans serifs are not as clear, but could be Grotesque No. 8 and Miller & Richard Sans-Serif No. 4 or No. 5.

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    • Old Gothic Bold Italic
    • Gothic No. 2
    • Grotesque No. 6 & 8
    • Sans-Serifs & Grotesques (Miller & Richard)
    • unidentified typeface

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    1 Comment on “Lamplough & Son, Ltd. Aeroplanes ad”

    1. Blythwood says:
      Mar 12th, 2017  7:51 pm

      Wow, I’ve never seen anything like that swastika ampersand before.

      There is another loose digitisation of OGBI you don’t have a link to, incidentally, Pablo Impallari’s open-source Racing Sans One.

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