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This holiday poster series was conceived as a tribute to classic type design. Each holiday from October 2008 through Summer of 2009 we'll be exploring classic fonts, their history, origins and expressions of the holiday seasons with illustrative type explorations. In addition, each poster will be available as desktop wallpapers which can be downloaded from our goodies section.

Poster Copy: Frankenstein in Franklin Gothic
Mary Shelley meet Morris Benton. Classic Killer Type 03

As the sole creator for over 50 typefaces, including Franklin Gothic, Morris Fuller Benton transformed the world of lettering forever. From a young age he and his father Linn Boyd worked and reworked type using a pantographic engraving machine. Also merging man and machine, Mary Shelley at only 18, defined a future industry of horror via Frankenstein, released in 1818, the same year as Giambattista Bodoni's print standard Manuale tipografico. These two classics have been brought together by focus2 brand development to celebrate the season and the classics which continually inspire and motivate us.