"Newport is an extra condensed novelty gothic, designed by Willard T. Sniffin for ATF in 1932. Caps occupy almost the entire body, and lowercase letters are tall, with short ascenders and very short descenders. The round capitals CDGPR include arcs that are less than half a circle, joining stems at an acute angle. AEFH feature very low crossbars. The normal M is splayed, with the vertex ending short of the baseline, and is the W is inverted. There are also an alternate M and W, consisting of three parallel lines with rounded top or bottom."

NOTE: This highly coveted face is complete with uppers, lowers, alternate cap M and W, numbers, symbols, and punctuation.

* Mac McGrew, "American Typefaces of the Twentieth Century", Second Revised Edition, p. 229.

See my other auctions for Newport in point sizes 18, 14, and 10!

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Gretchen