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.”
[McGrew]
Numerous digitizations exist, 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 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.” [McGrew]
Numerous digitizations exist, 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).
Lettergieterij Amsterdam carried a version of Dom Casual named Polka (1954). There are digitizations by Mecanorma (2 weights) and by Scangraphic under this name.
