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Samuel Winfield "Tommy" Thompson (1906–1967) was an American calligrapher, graphic artist and type designer, typeface designer. He was born Blue Point, New York. In 1944 he became the first designer to earn royalties for a type design, from Photo Lettering Inc. for his Thompson Quill Script. Previously, designers had worked in house for foundries or had sold the rights to their faces outright. He maintained a studio in Norwalk, Connecticut, Norwalk, Connecticut and was the author of several books on type and lettering. Typefaces Thompson designed all of these moveable type, foundry types: * Post Headletter (1943, Monotype), privately cast for the Saturday Evening Post. * Collier Heading (1946, Monotype), privately cast for Collier's Magazine. * Mademoiselle (typeface), Mademoiselle (1953, Baltimore Type Foundry), matrices cut by Herman Schnorr. Originally cast for Mademoiselle (magazine), Mademoiselle Magazine, but later offered for general sale. * Baltimore Script (1955, Baltimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Point, New York
Blue Point is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County on Long Island, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 5,156 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Blue Point is in the Brookhaven, New York, Town of Brookhaven. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and 0.56% is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 4,407 people, 1,571 households, and 1,178 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,664 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.41% White (U.S. Census), White, 0.68% African American (U.S. Census), African American, 0.11% Native American (U.S. Census), Native American, 1.07% Asian (U.S. Census), Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander Americans, Pacific Islander, 0.84% from Race (United States Census), other races, and 0.86% from two or more races. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
