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Dwiggins (typeface)
Dwiggins is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Clare Victor Dwiggins (1874–1958), American cartoonist * Sue Dwiggins (1914–2011), American writer and production assistant *William Addison Dwiggins William Addison Dwiggins (June 19, 1880 – December 25, 1956), was an American type designer, calligrapher, and book designer. He attained prominence as an illustrator and commercial artist, and he brought to the designing of type and books so ... (1880–1956), American type designer, calligrapher, and book designer See also * Diggins (other) * Wiggins (surname) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Victor Dwiggins
Clare Victor Dwiggins (June 16, 1874 – October 26, 1958) was an American cartoonist who signed his work Dwig. Dwiggins created a number of comic strips and single-panel cartoons for various American newspapers and newspaper syndicates from 1897 until 1945, including his best-known strip, the long-running ''School Days'' (which appeared under a number of different titles). Biography Born in Wilmington, Ohio Wilmington is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,660 at the 2020 census. At city entrances from state routes, county roads, and U.S. highways, the city slogan of "We Honor Our Champions" is ...,Rath, Jay (May 1985). "Dwig, A Pen-and-Ink Poet". ''Nemo, the Classic Comics Library'', No. 11. Dwiggins was on a path toward a career in architecture but detoured into cartooning when his artwork was published in the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' and the ''New York World'' in 1897. He created a wide variety of gag panels, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Dwiggins
Sue Dwiggins Worsley (born Miriam Gretchen Sues; 1914–2011) was an American writer and production assistant on many films and also TV shows. She also worked on the memoir of her husband, film director Wallace Worsley Jr. She worked largely in science fiction and horror genres, but also did production secretary work for ''Deliverance''. Selected filmography * '' Monstrosity'' (1963) * ''Indestructible Man ''Indestructible Man'' is a 1956 American crime horror fiction, horror science fiction film, an original screenplay by Vy Russell and Sue Dwiggins for producer-director Jack Pollexfen and starring Lon Chaney Jr., Ross Elliott and Robert Shayne. ...'' (1956) References 1914 births 2011 deaths American women television writers American women screenwriters American television writers 21st-century American women {{US-screen-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Addison Dwiggins
William Addison Dwiggins (June 19, 1880 – December 25, 1956), was an American type designer, calligrapher, and book designer. He attained prominence as an illustrator and commercial artist, and he brought to the designing of type and books some of the boldness that he displayed in his advertising work. His work can be described as ornamented and geometric, similar to the Art Moderne and Art Deco styles of the period, using Oriental influences and breaking from the more antiquarian styles of his colleagues and mentors Daniel Berkeley Updike, Updike, Thomas Maitland Cleland, Cleland and Frederic Goudy, Goudy. Career Dwiggins began his career in Chicago, working in advertising and lettering. With his colleague Frederic Goudy, he moved east to Hingham, Massachusetts, where he spent the rest of his life. He gained recognition as a lettering artist and wrote much on the graphic arts, notably essays collected in MSS by WAD (1949), and his ''Layout in Advertising'' (1928; rev. ed. 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diggins (other)
Diggins or Diggin may refer to: Places *Diggins, Missouri People * Bartholomew Diggins (1844–1917), American Civil War Navy sailor *Ben Diggins (born 1979), American Major League Baseball player *Brighton Diggins (1906–1971), Australian rules footballer *Jay Diggins (born 1974), English musician *Jessie Diggins (born 1991), American cross-country skier *John Patrick Diggins (1935–2009), American history professor *Paul Diggin (born 1985), British rugby player *Skylar Diggins-Smith Skylar Kierra Diggins-Smith (born August 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Diggins was drafted third overall by the Tulsa Shock in the 2013 WNBA ... (born 1990), American basketball player See also * Dwiggins, a surname {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
