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Lanston Type Company

A Legacy in Typography: Lanston Type's Evolution
Origins & Revolution in Typesetting: In 1887, Tolbert Lanston patented his groundbreaking mechanical typesetting device. This innovation was the genesis of the Monotype casting machine, propelling the Lanston Monotype Company to global acclaim. Until then, typesetting remained largely unchanged since Gutenberg's hand-set movable type.
Global Reach & Key Figures: By the late 19th century, Lanston expanded internationally by licensing its technology to a UK-based counterpart. During America's typographic golden age, Frederic Goudy, a leading type designer, served as Lanston's art director (1920-1947). Though the Philadelphia-based Lanston Monotype eventually became distinct from its UK peer (which was thereafter known simply as "Monotype"), its influence remained unshaken.
Acquisitions & Relocation: 1969 marked Lanston's acquisition by the American Type Founders. Following various ownership transitions, master printer Gerald Giampa acquired the company in 1988 and relocated it to Prince Edward Island. Despite these changes, Lanston continued to cater to America's monotype hot metal type demands until a tidal wave tragically destroyed most of the company's assets in 2000.
Digital Age & Modern Stewardship: Gerald Giampa, an early pioneer in PostScript fonts, channeled his energy into digitization post-tragedy. Under his guidance, Lanston's iconic typefaces were digitized, preserving their original essence from the brass and lead patterns. After several relocations between Canada and Finland, Lanston found a new home in 2004 with the US-based P22 type foundry. As Giampa set sail as a ship's captain in the northern Pacific, he remained a typographic consultant for Lanston-P22 during his maritime breaks.

LTC Goudy Initials Font

LTC Goudy Initials Font LTC Goudy Initials has been a best-seller since it was reformatted to font format by P22 in 2005. We decided that while it works very well at medium sizes, when it was used extra large, the outlines were not as true to Frederic Goudy’s 1917 drawings as th

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LTC Ornamental Initials Font

LTC Ornamental Initials Font Little is known of the origin of these decorative Initial Caps. Series 448 at 24 point were a different design from the 36 point on which this digital version is based. Rather than just include the basic 26 characters (only 25 existed in the original vers

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LTC Swing Bold Font

LTC Swing Bold Font This mono-weight script face evokes advertising of the 1930s & 40s. LTC Swing Bold, was based on Kaufmann Bold, which was released by ATF (American Type Founders) in 1936. Kaufmann proved extremely popular in its day. For that reason ATF was not willi

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LTC Goudy Sans Font

LTC Goudy Sans Font Goudy Sans Bold was originally designed by Fredric Goudy in 1922 as a less formal "gothic" and finished in 1929. The light was designed in 1930 and the Light Italic in 1931. Alternate letterforms are included in these three Goudy designs, which

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LTC Glamour Font

LTC Glamour Font Glamour was originally released by Lanston Monotype in 1948. It is based on Corvinus and designed by Imre Reiner. Designer Colin Kahn has added some unusual variants to this family, illustrating that glamour can be taken too far and have somewhat unglamor

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LTC Flash Font

LTC Flash Font Flash was designed by Edwin W. Shaar and cut for the Lanston Monotype Machine Company in 1939. This brush script face is what Comic Sans should be: a casual hand-rendered lettering design that evokes a friendly attitude. Perfect for supermarket signs excl

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LTC Broadway Font

LTC Broadway Font Originally designed by Morris Fuller Benton for ATF in 1927, Sol Hess added a lower case in 1929. Hess also drew Broadway Engraved in 1928 for Lanston Monotype. Broadway has become somewhat of a classic icon as an "Art Deco" typeface.

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LTC Twentieth Century Pro Font

LTC Twentieth Century Pro Font 20th Century is a modern sans serif with apparent geometry yet it still has a certain warmth in its design. It is based on Paul Renner's Futura and was redrawn by Sol Hess for Lanston Monotype.

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LTC Squareface Font

LTC Squareface Font Designed by Sol Hess in 1940 as a variation of Stymie Extrabold, but with squared corners where round shapes would normally be. This striking display face is found in only some Lanston Monotype catalogs and specimens are somewhat hard to find.

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LTC Goudy Text Font

LTC Goudy Text Font Frederic Goudy designed this blackletter face based on Gutenberg’s 42-line Bible in 1928. The Lombardic Caps were designed as an accompaniment to Goudy Text and are offered paired with the lower case as an alternate option.

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LTC Deepdene Font

LTC Deepdene Font Deepdene is a classic Frederic Goudy design, named after his modest estate in Marlboro, New York. It was originally designed in 1927 for his own Village Letter Foundry but adapted to Lanston Monotype machine casting in 1928 with the addition of italics. L

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LTC Californian Font

LTC Californian Font Frederic Goudy designed Californian as a private commission for the University of California at Berkeley in 1939. This face is often considered to be the finest type design from the prolific Goudy. Californian was later released by Lanston Monotype for ge

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LTC Bodoni Bold Font

LTC Bodoni Bold Font Bodoni Bold was drawn by London based type designer Dave Farey for Lanston Type during one of his alter-ego bouts as Giambattista Bodoni in the early 1990s. This font presents the unusual opportunity to use a Bodoni as body copy. Bodoni Bold is offered in

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LTC Bodoni 175 Font

LTC Bodoni 175 Font Giambattista Bodoni created this modern typeface in 1790. It served as the structural model for Sol Hess's faithful rendition. Hess made necessary adjustments for mechanical typesetting on Lanston's Monotype composition system.

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LTC Artscript Font

LTC Artscript Font Artscript was Sol Hess’s “attempt to convert into rigid metal the graceful penmanship of the ancient scribe”. This type of script is more common in digital form, but when originally released in 1948, it required special handling to avoid breakage

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LTC Tourist Gothic Font

LTC Tourist Gothic Font Tourist Gothic is a Lanston Monotype adaptation of Modern Condensed Gothic (a design from the late 1800s.) Rounded alternate caps were designed by Sol Hess in 1928. The alternate version is offered as LTC Tourist Gothic Alt.

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LTC Metropolitan Font

LTC Metropolitan Font This font family is a revival of Centaur by Bruce Rogers(1870-1957) and Arrighi by Frederic Warde (1894-1939). A previous digital version was released by Giampa Textware/Lanston Type Co. in 1987.

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