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Editor: Maryrose Wood
Publisher: Mark Solsburg
Publication: 1993–95, First Edition
Binding: Softcover, saddle-stitch
Pages: 32<74
Size: 235 x 350
Text: English

Founded 1990 by Mark Solsburg, FontHaus was the first independent retailer of digital type in America.

Vol.2, No.1, 1993

• The Undead - Matthew Carter & Cherie Cone talk with Janet Waegel & Mark Solsburg about their new company and types.
• Ligatures & Diphthongs - Allan Haley on the origins, use and abuse of those interesting characters.
• Sumner Stone - The newest releases from the Stone Type Foundry.
• Type Quiz - So you think you know a lot about type...
• Evolution of the OWERTY Keyboard - How your keyboard got that way.
• FontHaus Fonts Catalog Volume III - Over soo typefaces displayed.
• Lazy Dog Foundry - A new FontHaus licensor located in the heart of St. Paul.

Vol.3, No.2, 1994

• On the cover - A vellum edition of the Gutenberg Bible, from the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library.
• Marvellous Agreement Maryrose Wood - A lushly illustrated tour through the earliest days of printing, as seen in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Discover "the marvellous agreement, proportion, and harmony of punches and type."
• & per se and... Allan Haley - It's conjunction junction time, with a special guest appearance by Yul Brynner.
• [T-26]: Guys With Thick Faces - Maryrose Wood Chicago's Scott Smith and Carlos Segura are not just a couple of pretty faces-and neither is [T-26], the new foundry that has people a little too excited.
• Ready or Not, Here Comes GX - Maryrose Wood The state of the debate, and a look at some GX fonts that (gulp!) you can actually buy. Sort of.
• Tastes Just Like Homemade - No time to cook? Get hand-lettered help, fast, with Jim Spiece's Headline Helpers.

Vol.4, No.1, 1995

• Join the Club Allan Haley - For more than half a century, the Type Directors Club has been an invaluable resource for people who love type.
• Live and Let Type E. N. Phlemming - Only one man can save the world's typefaces from the clutches of a cunning arch-criminal. Will the villain succeed-or has James Font finally met his match?
• The Legacy of ATF David Pankow - Too little, too late-why the fuss about ATF now that it's gone? A type historian provides an answer.
• An Evolutionary Leap Maryrose Wood - More than a year after spinning out of Bitstream, Galápagos Design Group has developed its own way of life. 16 A Tribute to Ed Cleary Kathleen Tinkel
• Special Report: What Makes a GX Font GX? Erfert Fenton Deciding what constitutes a GX baseline character set is not as easy as it sounds.

Vol.4, No.2, 1995

• The Birth and Rebirth of Aries Dave Farey - A little-known typeface by the legendary Eric Gill finds new life in a digital revival. Type designer Dave Farey recounts the story of Aries, then and now, and gives a first-hand view of what it's like to collaborate with Eric Gill.
• The Faces of Eric Gill Sebastian Carter - Meet Eric Gill: sculptor, engraver, type designer, utopian vision-ary-and a controversial character who often failed to practice what he preached.
• Boiled in Oil - Excerpts from Type & Layout, by Colin Wheildon. Find out if you too are among the damned.

Condition: Very Good. These are former studio magazines, so all issues show shelf ware consistent with age; rubbing to covers, light creasing, occasional small mark/stain.

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