Sol Hess last updated on Wed Jan 9 23:20:05 EST 2019 SEARCH THIS SITE: IMAGE SEARCH: FONT RECOGNITION VIA Sol Hess American typographer and type designer, b. 1886, Philadelphia, d. He was a man with class and style, who influenced many through his work. He managed the Lanston library from early in the 20th century (he joined Lanston in 1902) until the second World War. He created many of its typefaces himself, and commissioned many from Frederic W.

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His typefaces (LTC stands for Lanston Type Company): • Alternate Gothic Modernized. • (Lanston Monotype, 1940; digital version in 2005 at P22/Lanston). McGrew: Artscript is a delicate calligraphic letter designed by Sol Hess for Monotype, which calls it 'an attempt to convert into rigid metal the graceful penmanship of the ancient scribe.based on the writing of Servidori of Madrid (1798).' It was designed in 1939 but not released until 1948, because of wartime restrictions. Certina attack manual. It is a pleasing design for limited use, but its delicacy requires special care in handling. Compare Heritage, Lydian Cursive, and Thompson Quillscript.• In 1928, he created the now famous Broadway Engraved. P22 writes: LTC Broadway was originally designed by Morris Benton.

Sol Hess added a lower case in 1929 and also drew Broadway Engraved for Lanston Monotype. That font is now available in digital format from LTC/P22. Other digital fonts include OPTI Broadway Engraved from Castcraft, Broadway Inline (Softmaker), B820 Deco (Softmaker), B821 Deco (Softmaker), Deco 901 (Bitstream) and Bravo (Corel). •: a unicase interpretation of Bodoni by Hess at Lanston, designed by Giampa; digital version at P22/Lanston in 2005. • (remastered in 2006 by Paul Hunt). • LTC Bodoni Bold.

• Bruce Old Style No. 31: a transitional font at Lanston Monotype in 1909. Now a Bitstream face.

Based on Bruce Old Style No. 20 from Bruce Foundry (1869). • Linotype states that Sol Hess is responsible for a version of Cochin Bold (1921): Georges Peignot designed Cochin based on copper engravings of the 18th century and Charles Malin cut the typeface in 1912 for the Paris foundry Deberny&Peignot. The font is named after the French engraver Charles Nicolas Cochin (1715-1790) although its style had little to do with that of the copper artist's. The font displays a curious mix of style elements and could be placed as a part of the typographical Neorenaissance movement.