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Central Type Foundry Foundry from St. Louis, est. 1872. It became "Central Division of ATF" in 1893. Discussion of its types by McGrew. Digitizations: Spiral was the basis of the curly revival Hasta La Pasta (2005, Nick Curtis). Raphael (1885) was digitized at Linotype / Monotype. It is an art nouveau display typeface with lots of swashy flair. Check the Adobe version (1974-1995). Monument is a Solotype revival of a 1893 typeface by the Boston Type Foundry (which was also cast at the Central Type Foundry). Harpers was designed for the popular newsweekly of the same name. It was digitally revived in 2009 by Nick Curtis as Weekly Bazaar NF. Oh You Klid NF (2009, Nick Curtis) is based on the Victorian typeface Euclid from the 1880s. Multiform, created for coloring. No known digitization. Quaint Roman: a great hand-drawn alphabet. Khnown digitizations include Eglantine (David Nalle, Scriptorium), MiTica (2020, Rafael Ferran i Peralta), Bushwhacked NF (Nick Curtis) and Romanche (1992-1993, Thomas E. Harvey). An 1880 typeface was revived in 2011 by Claude Pelletier as Euclid CP (free download). Gloriosus NF (2014, Nick Curtis) revives Apollo. Chuck Mountain revived Othello (1892) as Chausson CF (2020).	EXTERNAL LINKS Central Type Foundry [Buy fonts] MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Foundries of the 19th century ⦿ Type scene in Missouri ⦿ Nick Curtis ⦿ Victorian typefaces ⦿ Dan X. Solo ⦿ Art Nouveau typefaces ⦿ Curly typefaces ⦿

file name: Nick Curtis Oh You Klid 2009 after Central Type Foundry Euclid 1880s

file name: Nick Curtis Weekly Bazaar N F 2009 was Harper Central Type Foundry

file name: Nick Curtis Gloriosus N F 2014 after Gustave F Schroeder Central Type Foundry Apollo 1888

file name: Nick Curtis Gloriosus N F 2014 after Gustave F Schroeder Central Type Foundry Apollo 1888b

file name: Central Type Foundry Adobe Raphael Std 1995

file name: Central Type Foundry Letter Combinations

file name: Central Type Foundry Antique No6 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Antique No6 1892b

file name: Central Type Foundry Art Initials 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Cushing Old Style 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry De Vinne 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Eccentric 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Gothic Italic Extra Condensed 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Grimaldi 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Hogarth 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Morning Glory 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Multiform 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Multiform

file name: Central Type Foundry Othello 1892

file name: Chuck Mountain Chausson C F 2020 a revival f Central Type Foundry Othello 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Raphael 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Santa Claus Initials 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Scribner 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry St Louis 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Geometric Gothic 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Harper 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Old Style Script 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Pluto 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Quaint Roman

file name: Central Type Foundry Quaint Roman 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Quaint Roman 1892b

file name: Thomas E Harvey Romanche 1992 1993 after Central Type Foundry Quaint Roman

file name: Nick Curtis Bushwhacked N F

file name: David Nalle Eglantine

file name: Rafael Ferran I Peralta Mi Tica 2020

file name: Central Type Foundry Royal Script 1892

file name: Central Type Foundry Royal Script No1 1892

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