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Origins Of The Most Important Typefaces (ChaCha) Archives

July 14, 2010 by Doug Cook

The College wordmark and other official materials bear the typeface Mrs. Eaves, which is a modern adaptation of Baskerville, a classic typeface developed in England around 1750. Check out the origins of many other fonts you may have seen in your travels.

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