A series of casual unconnected brush script faces, drawn by
Peter Dombrezian and shown in Photo-Lettering’s 1950 catalog in
three weights named Pete Dom Twixt,
Husky, and Darky, with many alternates.
Twixt was adopted by ATF as Dom Casual
[Bain]
and “cut around 1952 at the instigation of Steve Watts. Its
popularity prompted the design of Dom Diagonal, an
italicized version, soon after, and Dom Bold in 1953
[Art
Direction, Vol. 5, No. 7].” [McGrew
1993]
Lettergieterij Amsterdam carried a version of Dom
Casual named Polka (1954).
Polka was adopted by Mecanorma [Mecanorma
1970] and Dom Casual by Letraset in 1978 [1978
ad].
Numerous digitizations exist: as Dom by Bitstream,
ParaType (based on Bitstream’s, with Cyrillics by Dmitry Kirsanov,
2008), Elsner+Flake, Linotype, URW++ (all in More…
A series of casual unconnected brush script faces, drawn by Peter Dombrezian and shown in Photo-Lettering’s 1950 catalog in three weights named Pete Dom Twixt, Husky, and Darky, with many alternates. Twixt was adopted by ATF as Dom Casual [Bain] and “cut around 1952 at the instigation of Steve Watts. Its popularity prompted the design of Dom Diagonal, an italicized version, soon after, and Dom Bold in 1953 [Art Direction, Vol. 5, No. 7].” [McGrew 1993]
Lettergieterij Amsterdam carried a version of Dom Casual named Polka (1954).
Polka was adopted by Mecanorma [Mecanorma 1970] and Dom Casual by Letraset in 1978 [1978 ad].
Numerous digitizations exist: as Dom by Bitstream, ParaType (based on Bitstream’s, with Cyrillics by Dmitry Kirsanov, 2008), Elsner+Flake, Linotype, URW++ (all in 4 weights), by Scangraphic (4 weights, each with SH and SB spacing), and as Dom Casual by Adobe (2 upright weights). Digitizations as Polka (Amsterdam) by Mecanorma (2 weights) and by Scangraphic.
