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Walter H. McKay

New York-based designer (1901-1956) of these typefaces:

• Columbia (1956-1961, Amsterdam; 1957, Intertype Berlin). Mac McGrew: Columbia series was drawn by Walter H. McKay, a New York designer but cast by Type foundry Amsterdam. There are two weights, with italics; a bold condensed was added by a staff designer. Work was started on it in 1947 but it was not released until 1956, following much testing and refining. It is a contemporary roman, evenly and expertly drawn, and neutral in feeling. There are small capitals and italic swash letters for the light weight. Not to be confused with Morland's Columbia from 1906.
• Egyptienne (1952, Letter Amsterdam, Linotype). A fat and wide Egyptian. Revived as Egyptian Wide in 2012 by SoftMaker.
• Heritage (1952, ATF, a calligraphic face). Mac McGrew: Heritage is a carefully crafted contemporary script, designed for ATF by Walter H. McKay about 1952. It is very close fitting but not connected, with a slight slope, and resembles fine hand-lettering with a broad pen. Compare Thompson Quillscript, Verona, Freehand.

  Heritage was digitally revived as Walter in 2007 by Rebecca Alaccari at Canada Type.

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