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This group is dedicated to the font Stymie Black (Bold) Italic - a Slab Serif font which became popular in the 1950s and...See more

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    Royal Festival Hall

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    grepnold is a group administratorgrepnold says:

    This article shows the origin of the style in the rediscovery of early 19th century 'English Vernacular' display fonts after the war. The Royal Festival Hall as the centrepiece of the 1951 Festival of Britain may well have been the main source of its huge popularity of the next couple of decades.
    www.hyphenpress.co.uk/journal/2007/12/10/signs_royal_fest...
    Originally posted at 10:01AM, 20 August 2008 PDT(permalink)
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    thisisp is a group administratorthisisp says:

    thanks grepnold, an interesting article... but does this mean we need to rename as "Sloped Egyption"? I've grown so fond of Stymie!
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    grepnold is a group administratorgrepnold says:

    I was talking to missiseff about the font name. There seem to be many variations and many sources. Since I read that article I found aboutthis font which is German, from 1946, and seems to put the lie to the idea of the English rediscovery of an English vernacular. Profil is apparently based on Clarendon as the Chichester clock numbers seem to be, and Clarendon is a sort of Egyptian but not the typical one. I'm hoping in an hour or two that I'll meet a typography expert I know and I'll be asking for advice.
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    grepnold is a group administratorgrepnold says:

    But in answer to your question, I think the style will have had many names and I personally think Stymie will do fine for the group name. We might need to say that Stymie 'typifies' the style before anyone runs away with the idea that it covers all examples.
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