ArchivesSpace at the University of Iowa

The author describes the history of the typeface using a layout in which each letter of the alphabet is printed at the top of the page with a different typeface that incorporates text. The traces the history of each letter. Text at the lower half of the page layed out in three columns provides the history of a different typeface, one each to a page. The typefaces include among others, Baskerville, Helvita, Optima, Times Roman, Univers, Bernhard Fashion, Hellena, Casion Openface, Clarendon, Avant Garde, Quadrata, Souvenir, Tiffany, Copperplate Gothic, Bodoni, Serif Gothic, and Brush. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.