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  2. Clarendon (typeface) - Wikipedia

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    This style is also traditionally associated with wild-west printing; it is commonly seen on circus posters and wanted notices in western movies. [42] [43] However, it was actually used in many parts of the world at the time. The concept, now called as reverse-contrast or reverse-stress type, predated Clarendon altogether.

  3. Wanted poster - Wikipedia

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    A wanted poster (or wanted sign) is a poster distributed to let the public know of a person whom authorities wish to apprehend. They generally include a picture of the person, either a photograph when one is available or of a facial composite image produced by the police.

  4. Reverse-contrast typefaces - Wikipedia

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    French Clarendon designs were often created in wood type, used for large-print letters on posters. They are often associated with "wild-west" printing and seen on circus posters and wanted notices in western movies, although the style was really used in many parts of the world during this period. The style is sometimes called "circus letter".

  5. Lord Kitchener Wants You - Wikipedia

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    This 30-word poster was an official product of the Parliamentary Recruitment Committee and was more popular contemporaneously. Printed at 20 by 30 in (51 by 76 cm) or 40 by 50 in (100 by 130 cm) The use of Kitchener's image for recruiting posters was so widespread that Lady Asquith referred to the field marshal simply as "the Poster". [23]

  6. Hundreds of ‘wanted’ posters at University of Rochester ...

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    Hundreds of “wantedposters with photos of Jewish faculty members were discovered at the University of Rochester over the weekend, as the school’s president said acts of antisemitism would ...

  7. History of Western typography - Wikipedia

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    Nicolas Jenson began printing in Venice with his original roman font from 1470. Jenson's design and the very similar roman types cut by Francesco Griffo c. 1499 and Erhard Ratdolt c. 1486 are acknowledged as the definitive and archetypal roman faces that set the pattern for the majority of western text faces that followed.

  8. Sans-serif - Wikipedia

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    The OpenDocument format (ISO/IEC 26300:2006) and Rich Text Format can use it to specify the sans-serif generic typeface ("font family") name for the font files used in a document. [ 102 ] [ 103 ] [ 104 ] Presumably refers to the popularity of sans-serif grotesque and neo-grotesque types in Switzerland.

  9. Jamie Reid, the anarchist artist who designed iconic Sex ...

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    The single’s artwork featured text of the song’s title in the font Reid created superimposed over a black-and-white portrait of the monarch. He remained a politically motivated artist post-Pistols