Exhibition: Will Carter and the Dartmouth Typeface

The story of the development of the letterforms that became known as the Dartmouth typeface

April 27, 2018
All day
Location
Baker Library Main Hall
Sponsored by
Library
Audience
Public
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Won Chung

In the early 1960s, Will Carter of Cambridge, England, was commissioned to carve a series of dedicatory inscriptions in teak panels for the newly built Hopkins Center. Those letters were adapted and expanded into a family of type fonts that became known as the Dartmouth typeface. Carter was invited to return to Dartmouth in 1969 as an artist-in-residence and further refined the capital letters as a titling font. This exhibition is the chonology of events and the story of the people behind those events.

Location
Baker Library Main Hall
Sponsored by
Library
Audience
Public
More information
Won Chung