Robert Hunter Middleton (May 6, 1898 – August 3, 1985) was an American book designer, painter, and typeface designer. Born in

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he came to Chicago in 1908 where he studied at the

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. He joined the design department of the Ludlow Typograph Company in 1923 and served as director of the department of typeface design from 1933–71. In 1944 he began operating a private press,

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. He died in Chicago.

Typefaces

All of these foundry types (except ''Andromaque'') were cast by Ludlow TypographMacGrew, Mac, ''American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century,'' Oak Knoll Books, New Castle Delaware, 1993, . While cited as America's second most prolific (metal type era) type designer after Morris Fuller Benton, many of Middleton's fonts have never been digitised. This may be because many were display or script designs which dated after their time of greatest popularity.

References

*Rollins, Carl Purlington ''American Type Designers and Their Work.'' in

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, V. 4, #1. *Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. ''The Encyclopedia of Type Faces.'' Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. . * MacGrew, Mac, "American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century," Oak Knoll Books, New Castle Delaware, 1993, . *Friedl, Ott, and Stein, ''Typography: an Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History.'' Black Dog & Levinthal Publishers: 1998. .

External links

Robert Hunter Middleton Papers
at the Newberry Library
Robert H. Middleton letters
at the Newberry Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Middleton, R. Hunter 1898 births 1985 deaths American printers American typographers and type designers

Typefaces

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Further reading

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