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Gallia

An art deco typeface attributed to Wadsworth A. Parker for ATF in 1927. Mac McGrew: Gallia is a unique decorative letter designed by Wadsworth A. Parker for ATF in 1927, and copied by Monotype the following year. It is a severe thickand-thin style, with main strokes divided by two white lines into a thick and two thin lines. There are flourished alternate forms of several letters, for use as initials or terminals. Compare Modernistic.

Digital revivals: OPTI Gallia Inline (by Castcraft), Galleria (Corel), Gambler (Softmaker), Gallia (Monotype).

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file name: Nick Curtis Metro Retro Redux N F 2001 after Wadsworth Parker Modernistic 1927


file name: Wadsworth Parker Monotype Gallia 1928


file name: Wadsworth Parker Monotype Gallia 1928b


file name: Monotype Gallia







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