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(x) humanized grotesque headlines in Yale Daily News (mid-late 1950s) - Granby Bold Condensed {Mark S}

Reed Reibstein

Howdy! In going through the archives of the Yale Daily News, I came across this sans used for headlines in the mid- and late-1950s. It seems to me to be a mid-century humanizing step in the evolution of grotesques, following the example of Morris Fuller Benton’s News, Trade, Franklin, and Clearface gothics, but I could definitely be misguided. As always, any help or directions for further research would be very much appreciated. (And sorry for the so-so images; they’re the best my camera phone can do :-) )

Captured from web.archive.org on 7 Oct 2008. view this capture