R. Hunter Middleton
{{Short description|American book designer, painter and typeface designer}}
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| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland
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| death_place = Chicago
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| notable_works = Tempo, Radiant
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Robert Hunter Middleton (May 6, 1898 – August 3, 1985) was an American book designer, painter, and typeface designer.{{cite journal |last1=Shaw |first1=Paul |author1-link=Paul Shaw (design historian) |title=Chicago Modernism and the Ludlow Typograph: Douglas C. McMurtrie and Robert Hunter Middleton at Work |journal=Journal of Design History |date=30 June 2022 |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=92–94 |doi=10.1093/jdh/epab046}} Born in Glasgow, Scotland he came to Chicago in 1908 where he studied at the School of the Art Institute. 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, The Cherryburn Press. He died in Chicago.Friedl, Ott, and Stein, p. 382.
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, {{ISBN|0-938768-34-4}}.
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- Ludlow Black (1924), a knock-off of Cooper Black
- Swash letters for Robert Wiebking's Artcraft (1924)
- Cameo (1927)
- Delphian Open Title (1928){{cite web|title=Delphian|url=http://www.fonts.com/font/monotype/delphian/regular|website=Fonts.com|publisher=Monotype|accessdate=29 August 2015}}
- Many additions to Ernst F. Detterer's Eusebius series{{cite web|title=Nicolas Jenson SG (Eusebius revival)|url=https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/spiecegraphics/nicolas-jenson-sg/|website=MyFonts|publisher=Spiece Graphics|accessdate=29 August 2015}}
- Eusebius Bold (1928)
- Eusebius Bold Italic (1928)
- Eusebius Open (1928)
- Eusebius Italic (1929)
- Garamond series{{cite web|title=Garamond FB|url=http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/GaramondFB/|publisher=Font Bureau|accessdate=29 August 2015}}
- Garamond Bold + Garamond Bold Italic (1929)
- Garamond Italic (1929)
- Stellar + Stellar Bold (1929){{cite web|title=Stellar|url=http://www.fonts.com/font/monotype/stellar|website=Fonts.com|publisher=Monotype|accessdate=29 August 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Speice|first1=Jim|title=Stellar|url=http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/spiecegraphics/stellar-classic-sg/|website=MyFonts|publisher=Speice Graphics|accessdate=9 September 2015}}
- Bodoni series
- Bodoni Black (1930){{cite web|title=URW++ Bodoni Black|url=http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/bodoni/|website=MyFonts|publisher=URW++|accessdate=9 September 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Jackaman|first1=Steve|title=Bodoni Black Condensed|url=http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/redrooster/bodoni-rr-black-condensed/|website=MyFonts|publisher=Red Rooster|accessdate=9 September 2015}}
- Bodoni Black Italic (1930)
- Bodoni Modern (1936)
- Bodoni Modern Italic (1936)
- Bodoni Campanile (1936){{cite web|last1=Jackaman|first1=Steve|title=Bodoni Campanile|url=https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/redrooster/bodoni-rr-campanile/|website=MyFonts|publisher=Red Rooster|accessdate=9 September 2015}}
- Bodoni Campanile Italic (1942)
- Tempo series{{cite web|title=Tempo Heavy Condensed|url=http://www.fonts.com/font/adobe/tempo|website=Fonts.com|publisher=Adobe|accessdate=29 August 2015}}
- Tempo Light (1930)
- Tempo Medium (1930)
- Tempo Bold (1930)
- Tempo Heavy Inline (1930)
- Tempo Light Italic (1931)
- Tempo Heavy (1931)
- Tempo Heavy Condensed (1931)
- Tempo Bold Condensed (1931)
- Tempo Medium Condensed (1935)
- Tempo Bold Italic (1938)
- Tempo Heavy Condensed Italic (1941)
- Tempo Black (1942)
- Karnak series{{cite web|last1=Jackaman|first1=Steve|title=Karnak Pro (Red Rooster Collection)|url=http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/redrooster/karnak-pro/|website=MyFonts|publisher=Red Rooster|accessdate=29 August 2015}}
- Karnak Medium (1931)
- Karnak Black (1934)
- Karnak Open (1935)
- Karnak Obelisk (1935)
- Karnak Intermediate (1937)
- Karnak Black Italic (1937)
- Karnak Intermediate Italic (1939)
- Karnak Black Condensed Italic (1942)
- Mayfair Cursive (1932)
- Umbra (1932){{cite web|title=Umbra|url=https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/umbra/|website=MyFonts|publisher=Bitstream|accessdate=29 August 2015}}
- LaFayette (1932){{cite web|title=Lafayette FB|url=http://www.fontbureau.com/fonts/Lafayette/|publisher=Font Bureau|accessdate=29 August 2015}}
- Mandate (1934)
- Eden Light + Eden Bold (1934)
- Coronet series, also known as Ribbon 131
- Coronet Light (1937)
- Coronet Bold (1938)
- Radiant series{{cite web|title=EF Radiant|url=https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/ef/radiant/|website=MyFonts|accessdate=29 August 2015}}
- Radiant Bold Extra-Condensed (1938)
- Radiant Medium (1939)
- Radiant Heavy (1939)
- Radiant Bold (1940)
- Radiant Condensed (1941)
- Stencil (1938)
- Samson (1940){{cite web|last1=Speice|first1=Jim|title=Samson SG|url=http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/spiecegraphics/samson-classic-sg/|website=MyFonts|publisher=Speice Graphics|accessdate=9 September 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Curtis|first1=Nick|title=Ashkelon NF|url=http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/nicksfonts/ashkelon-nf/|website=MyFonts|publisher=Nick's Fonts|accessdate=9 September 2015}}
- Flair (1941)
- Condensed Gothic Outline (1953)
- Admiral Script (1953)
- Florentine Cursive (1956){{cite web|last1=Jackaman|first1=Steve|title=Florentine RR|url=http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/redrooster/florentine-cursive-rr/|website=MyFonts|publisher=Red Rooster|accessdate=9 September 2015}}
- Formal Script (1956)
- Wave (1962)
- Square Gothic (Ludlow)
- Cheltenham Cursive
- Middleton also added twenty faces to the Record Gothic type family for Ludlow between 1956 and 1961 including:{{cite web|last1=Coles|first1=Stephen|title=Record Gothic: fictional samples|url=http://fontsinuse.com/uses/9906/record-gothic-fictional-in-use-samples|website=Fonts in Use|accessdate=29 August 2015}}
- Record Gothic Condensed Italic
- Record Gothic Extended + Italic
- Record Gothic Bold + Italic
- Record Gothic Bold Condensed
- Record Gothic Bold Extended + Italic
- Record Gothic Bold Extended Reverse
- Record Gothic Thinline condensed
- Record Gothic Heavy Condensed
- Record Gothic Light Medium-Extended
- Record Gothic Medium-Extended + Italic
- Record Gothic Bold Medium-Extended
- Record Gothic Heavy Medium-Extended
- Andromaque was a face begun by Victor Hammer and completed after his death by his friend Middleton in the early 1980s. It was privately cast by Paul H. Duensing.MacGrew, p. 15.
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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 Print, V. 4, #1.
- Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. {{ISBN|0-7137-1347-X}}.
- MacGrew, Mac, "American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century," Oak Knoll Books, New Castle Delaware, 1993, {{ISBN|0-938768-34-4}}.
- Friedl, Ott, and Stein, Typography: an Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History. Black Dog & Levinthal Publishers: 1998. {{ISBN|1-57912-023-7}}.
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Further reading
- Bruce Beck, Robert Hunter Middleton, the man and his letters. Eight essays on his life and career Chicago, 1985.
External links
- [https://archives.newberry.org/repositories/2/resources/591 Robert Hunter Middleton Papers] at the Newberry Library
- [https://archives.newberry.org/repositories/2/resources/591 Robert H. Middleton letters] at the Newberry Library
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