Wadsworth A. Parker

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Wadsworth A. Parker Printer, typefounder, and head of the ATF specimen department (1864-1938). Designer of the caps font Modernistic (1927, ATF, which is in the spirit of Gallia), Gallia (1927, art deco headline face), Graybar Book, Lexington, Stymie Compressed, Stymie Compressed Inline Title, Bookman (+Italic) and Goudy Handtooled (+Italic). MyFonts lists him as Wadsworth Packer. Nick Curtis made Metro Retro Redux NF (2001), an art deco font, based on Modernistic. Gallia has seen many revivals including Galleria (Corel) and Gambler (Softmaker).	EXTERNAL LINKS Wadsworth A. Parker [Designer info] MyFonts search Monotype search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Ornamental caps typefaces ⦿ Nick Curtis ⦿ Art deco typefaces ⦿ Frederic William Goudy ⦿

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

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