Archie Little Typographers

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Fl. 1931. Archie Little Typographers. Seattle, WA.

Lanston Monotype matrix casting. May or may not have electroformed matrices as well. Some matrices to Fritz Klinke (via Charlie Broad and Morneau Typographers). Some matrices to Skyline (via John Hern).

Little received a letter date May 18, 1931, from Phil. T. Nuernberger on the subject of electrolytic matrices for typefounding. This letter was edited and published, with illustrations, by Paul Hayden Duensing as Electrolytic Matrices (Kalamazoo [?], MI: The Private Press and Typefoundry of Paul Hayden Duensing, 1966). The introduction to this work describes Little as a "Letterfounder."


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