Cadmus Display
Cadmus Display is a digital revival of the 1887 typeface by the MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan type foundry. Using scans of type specimens from the TJ Lyons Collection at MassArt, I digitally recreated the glyphs in the typeface. While staying true to the original design of Cadmus, I made small modifications to make the typeface work well as a digital, modern font. I also added ligatures and alternates in order to make the font more versatile. 2022
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Type Specimens from the T.J. Lyons Collection
The T.J Lyons Collection is one of the largest collections of 19th century metal and wood type gathered by TJ Lyons, a Boston designer and printer. The collection was donated to MassArt by David Greer in 2015 so that it could be preserved and used as a resource for the entire college. MassArt has shared scans of type specimens from the collection, and they can be viewed here.
