American Proprietary Typefaces historyoftypedesignlithos We remember reading our copy

We remember reading our copy in bed

This isn’t a book of theory put to practice

It’s got five fives and is printed in five colors

living together in perfect harmony

American Proprietary Typefaces historyoftypedesignlithos We remember reading our copyIn these first days of 2026, its easy to forget that at one time in history, a proprietary typeface was a rare thing. It took a lot of work to make type. Yeah, yeah. We know. It still does. But in the hot type era, it was a different kind of work. It took forever and was incredibly expensive. Now everyone and every company has a custom typeface. But this is a book about American proprietary typefaces in the early twentieth century, when such a thing