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  David Jonathan Ross's Wild West font, Manicotti

Last week, fans of font from far and wide convened at Maker City LA for a typographic speaker series presented by Los Angeles Is Just My Type (LAIJMT) Meetup Group featuring celebrated type designer David Jonathan Ross.  Ross, who works at The Font Bureau, shared a riveting history on the art of typography, with a particular focus on his favorite variety: reversed stress typefaces. From Gothic Italian to Playbill to Arbor to Trilby...Tua...Estro...his own creation, Manicotti - and seemingly every other typeface in between -  Ross made it perfectly clear that this isn't the only period in history when there have been too many fonts to choose from!

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Check out these choice tweets from the event and be on the lookout for information about the next font-abulous LAIJMT Meet-up!