Walter Tracy

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Walter Tracy Born in the UK (1914-1995). He was a type designer at Barnard Press from 1935-1938, did freelance design in 1947, and worked for Linotype England as head of the type department from 1948-1978. He continued after 1978 designing Arabic typefaces for Linotype. Tracy was a typographic advisor to The Times. He is perhaps most famous for his bestselling book Letters of Credit, a View of Type Design (London, 1986). This was republished in 2003 by David R. Dine in Boston. He also published "The Typographic Scene" (London, 1988). For lo-fi printing types, a recommended reading is Tracy's Telephone Directories (in issue #15 of the old series of Typographica (1958), pp 4-15). His typefaces: Adsans (1959). A typeface with short descenders to jam as much text as possible in newspaper ads and telephone directories. Digital revivals include Bitstream's Humanist 970 and Ian Lynam's Adora (2011). Doric (1973). Jubilee (1953-1954, Linotype). A roman with moderate stress. Kufics (1980, Arabic font at Linotype). Malik (1988, Arabic font at Linotype). Maximus (1967). Medina (1989, Arabic font at Linotype). Oasis (1985). Pilgrim (Linotype) is attributed to Walter Tracy. It is based on Eric Gill's Pilgrim (1934) originally designed by Gill for a book published by the Limited Edition Club of New York. It has an incised quality that one also finds in other typefaces by Gill such as Joanna and Perpetua. Qadi (1979, Arabic font at Linotype). Sharif (1989, Arabic font at Linotype). Telegraph Modern (1969). For "The Daily Telegraph" newspaper. Telegraph Newface Bold (with Shelley Winter, 1979). Times Europa (1972). For The Times of London, as a replacement of Times New Roman which was made in 1931. Linotype link. FontShop link. Klingspor link. View Walter Tracy's typefaces.	EXTERNAL LINKS Walter Tracy [Designer info] Monotype link Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Typefaces and type design for Arabic ⦿ Type design in the United Kingdom ⦿ Telephone directory typefaces ⦿ Books on type design ⦿ Eric Gill and his typefaces ⦿

file name: Walter Tracy Jubilee 1953 1954

file name: Walter Tracy Jubilee Bold 1953 1954

file name: Walter Tracy Pilgrim Pro Roman after Eric Gill Pilgrim 1934

file name: Ian Lynam Adora Bold 2011 after Walter Tracy Ad Sans 1959

file name: Ian Lynam Adora Bold 2011 after Walter Tracy Ad Sans 1959b

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