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detroitlib · 2 years

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Thomas Maitland Cleland (August 18, 1880 – November 9, 1964) American book designer, painter, illustrator, and type designer.

The new Cadillac in which the modern trend of the motor car is embodied in a rich variety of luxurious distinguished models / Cadillac Motor Car Company ; designed and illustrated by T.M. Cleland ; prepared and printed by Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc. Cover title: Cadillac, 1928

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

#thomas maitland cleland #t.m. cleland #design #cadillac #illustration #1927 #1928 #1920s #twenties #roaring twenties #vintage #vintage advertising #vintage illustration #detroit #detroit public library

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uwmspeccoll · 8 months

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Typography Tuesday

American Type Founders (ATF), established in 1892 with the merger of 23 type foundries, was the predominant producer of metal type in America for the first 50 years of its existence, and remained influential in the industry almost until its closing in the early 1990s. In its heyday, this conglomeration of foundries produced about 85 percent of all type manufactured in the United States at the time. As a behemoth type manufacturer, it also had most of the nation's top type designers producing original typefaces for the foundry, including Will Bradley, Frederic Goudy, Oz Cooper, T.M. Cleland, and the prolific Morris Fuller Benton, who was also the head of the ATF design department.

This ATF type specimen book, Book of American Types, published in 1934 presents some of the "Standard Types" offered by ATF. As the Preface notes:

During the last decade there has been a period of experimental effort in typography the influence of which at times has carried us a long way from the traditional past. . . . No type specimen book can ever be complete in the strictest sense. As printing proceeds, new designs enter the early stages of preparation. Alphabets from leading artists and from our own pre-eminent staff of designers are being continually studied in the effort to anticipate style trends. . . . Change is inherent in progress and every effort will be made to have these separate specimens reflect the most recent trends while at all times maintaining the highest typographic standards.

This statement, along with the title and the name of the corporation, place an emphasis on the spirit of progressivism during the interwar period, as well as the exceptionalism of American initiative and design. But as the display of the Broadway Series of type (designed by Benton in the late 1920s) reminds us, "Herds Ignore Granted Delusions." Our copy of Book of American Types is another donation from the estate of our late friend Dennis Bayuzick.

View other books from the collection of Dennis Bayuzick.

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#Typography Tuesday #typetuesday #typography #American Type Founders #ATF #Book of American Types #Morris Fuller Benton #Type display books #type specimen books #type specimens #Dennis Bayuzick #20th century type

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thebeautifulbook · 1 year

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A WARNING TO LOVERS, & “SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS SAUCE FOR THE GANDER” by Paul Leicester Ford. (New York: Dodd, Mead, 1906) Illustrated by Henry Hutt. Decorations by T.M. Cleland.

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#beautiful books #book blog #books books books #book cover #books #illustrated book #vintage books #edwardian books

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design-is-fine · 9 years

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Fortune covers, 1935/1937. USA

The first cover illustration and art direction for the magazine was done in 1930 by T.M. Cleland, though by the fourth issue he had turned over art direction to his protégé, Eleanor Treacy. The founder Henry Luce encouraged fine art, the best photography, and spectacular print reproduction. Via creativepro.comt

#cover design #fortune #editorial design #t.m. cleland #eleanor treacy #american design

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newberryprinting · 10 years

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Beautiful type ornaments from A Showing of Cleland Ornaments & Borders from the American Type Founders Company. T.M. Cleland began working with the company in 1917 and designed all of their ornaments and borders, resulting in the popularization of French Renaissance graphics in the first half of the 20th century.

Newberry call number: Wing folio Z250.3 .A64 1920

#type ornaments #type specimen #book ornamentation #t.m. cleland #graphic design #french renaissance

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detroitlib · 2 years

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Thomas Maitland Cleland (August 18, 1880 – November 9, 1964) American book designer, painter, illustrator, and type designer.

The new Cadillac in which the modern trend of the motor car is embodied in a rich variety of luxurious distinguished models / Cadillac Motor Car Company ; designed and illustrated by T.M. Cleland ; prepared and printed by Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc. Cover title: Cadillac, 1928

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

#thomas maitland cleland #t.m. cleland #design #illustration #cadillac #cars #automobiles #auto #auto history #automobile design #vintage #detroit public library #vintage illustration #vintage design #designer #illustrator #design history

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detroitlib · 6 years

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Thomas Maitland Cleland (August 18, 1880 – November 9, 1964)

American book designer, painter, illustrator, and type designer. (Wikipedia)

The new Cadillac in which the modern trend of the motor car is embodied in a rich variety of luxurious distinguished models / Cadillac Motor Car Company ; designed and illustrated by T.M. Cleland ; prepared and printed by Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc. Cover title: Cadillac, 1928.

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

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detroitlib · 7 years

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Thomas Maitland Cleland (August 18, 1880 – November 9, 1964)

American book designer, painter, illustrator, and type designer. (Wikipedia)

The new Cadillac in which the modern trend of the motor car is embodied in a rich variety of luxurious distinguished models / Cadillac Motor Car Company ; designed and illustrated by T.M. Cleland ; prepared and printed by Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc. Cover title: Cadillac, 1928.

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

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detroitlib · 7 years

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On this day in history, August 22, 1902 – The Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

The new Cadillac in which the modern trend of the motor car is embodied in a rich variety of luxurious distinguished models / Cadillac Motor Car Company ; designed and illustrated by T.M. Cleland ; prepared and printed by Evans-Winter-Hebb Inc. Cover title: Cadillac, 1928.

Courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

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javafueledcreation · 11 years

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“One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery

On this Independence Day, I thought I'd share a vintage illustration from my collection. This piece is called God Bless America and Her Allies and was done in 1943 by T.M. Cleland.

Happy 4th of July everyone!

#4th of july #vintage illustration #wwii #t.m. cleland

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