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Damn Everything but the Circus

Contributed by Stephen Coles on Nov 21st, 2019. Artwork published in .

2 Comments on “Damn Everything but the Circus

  1. Playbill is also dubbed Trylon in other markets. One example is a shaded style but in uppercase, as seen in an Typefounders of Chicago catalogue from 1962:

  2. Thanks, Jay. As with most American metal typefaces, Mac McGrew has the answer to this:

    Trylon as made by Baltimore Type was a 1949 copy of Stephenson Blake’s Playbill, but Trylon Shaded and Trylon Shaded Oblique were designed and cut by George Battee of the Baltimore foundry.

    Trylon Shaded now has an entry.

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