Delphian is an all-caps display
typeface
A typeface (or font family) is the design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font.
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created by
R. Hunter Middleton in 1928 and published in metal by Ludlow. A digital version was issued by Monotype. Delphian has a modern, yet classic style and is notable for having no lower-case characters. One website commented on Middleton's font, "His tour de force, Delphian Open Title, invokes that rare intellectual response, admiration."
It is seldom used today, except to evoke an
art deco
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Display typefaces
Letterpress typefaces
Digital typefaces
Typefaces designed by R. Hunter Middleton
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