At Red Rooster: Alexon (1993: the digital version was done by Steve Jackaman in 1999.Several of his typefaces were published/revived by Red Rooster Type foundry, such as TCAdminister (by Steve Jackaman), Argus (by Paul Hickson), Beckenham (by Paul Hickson, named after the Beckenham School of Art where Usherwood studied), TCCentury (1996, by Steve Jackaman), Chelsea (1993, by Steve Jackaman). Several headline typefaces were conceived by Leslie Usherwood for Berthold in the early 1970s, such as Graphis Extra Fett (1971, a very bold headline face), Statesman (1973, a high contrast large x-height serif face) and Oktavia (1973, a large x-height face).ITC Leawood was begun by Les Usherwood and finished in 1984 by his staff at Typsettra in Toronto after his untimely death. Flange, a family created for a government program in 1972 a Typesettra font since 1980 a Berthold font since 1981 see Fleming on the SoftMaker MegaFont XXL CD, 2002 it is also in the Scangraphic collection as Flower.Caxton Light Italic (Letraset, 1981), Caxton Roman Bold (Letraset, 1981), Caxton Roman Book (Letraset, 1981), and Caxton Roman Light (Letraset, 1981).Digital versions: Caslon Graphique ( URW++), Caslon Graphique ( ITC), Caslon Graphique EF ( Elsner+Flake), Caslon Graphique SH ( Scangraphic Digital Type Collection). Melure (first typeface, designed in 1965 for Headliners International, New York).In 1977, Typsettra began designing original typefaces for Berthold, Letraset and ITC. Typesettra was created in 1968, and had more than four type designers in the early eighties. Usherwood studied at the Beckenham School of Art, and practiced as a lettering artist in the commercial art field for 15 years. The most famous Canadian type designer (1932-1983). TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on
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