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Jackson Burke (1908 in
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– 1975) was an American
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and book designer. After studying at the
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, he succeeded C.H. Griffith as Director of Typographic Development at Mergenthaler Linotype from 1949 until 1963, where he designed several type faces. He was also responsible for a number of other achievements at Mergenthaler-Linotype including: * development of fonts for Native American languages * development of the TeleTypesetting System (TTS) for magazine use * development and implementation of the first phase of Linotype Group's photocomposition library With his wife Mary Griggs Burke (1916–2012) he was a noted collector of Japanese art; by the time of her death, the collection had become the largest private collection of
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outside
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. The couple did not have children, and on her death in 2012 their collection was divided between the
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in New York City and the
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Type Faces

* Trade Gothic series ( Linotype), similar to Morris Fuller Benton's '' News Gothic''. ** ''Trade Gothic Condensed + Bold'' (1948) ** ''Trade Gothic Extra Condensed + Bold'' (1948) ** ''Trade Gothic + Bold'' (1955) ** ''Trade Gothic Extended + Bold'' (1959) ** ''Trade Gothic Light + Italic'' (1962) * Majestic + Bold (1955, Linotype), some sources credit this face to Burke, while others simply list it as being created by "staff designers".MacGrew, Mac, ''American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century,'' Oak Knoll Books, New Castle Delaware, 1993, , p. 209. *
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+ Italic (1960, Linotype), only made in 8.5 point.


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Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
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The Mary Griggs Burke Collection
comprehensive online catalogue of The Mary Griggs Burke Collection
Bridge of dreams: the Mary Griggs Burke collection of Japanese art
a catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF) 1908 births 1975 deaths American typographers and type designers {{US-artist-stub