Sidney Gaunt
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Sidney Clyde Gaunt was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 typographer, and artist.

Prolific producer of type designs while "shop artist" for Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry
Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

. Had own studio in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 in early 1920s.

Typefaces

  • Authors Roman series (BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    )
    • Authors Roman + Wide + Italic (1902)
    • Authors Roman Bold (1909)
    • Authors Oldstyle + Italic + Bold (1912)
    • Authors Roman Condensed (1915)
    • Authors Roman Bold Condensed (1916)
  • Talisman (1903, BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

    ), later reissued as Rugged Bold.
    • Talisman Italic (1904, BB&S
      Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
      Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

      ), later reissued as Rugged Bold Italic.
  • Wedding Plate-Script (1904, BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    )
  • Stationers Semi-Script (1904, BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    ), a redsign of Inland Type Foundry's
    Inland Type Foundry
    The Inland Type Foundry was an American type foundry established in 1894 in Saint Louis, Missouri and later with branch offices in Chicago and New York City...

     Palmer Series of 1899.
  • French Plate Script (1904, BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    ), based on types cut by Fonderie Gustave Mayeur of Paris
  • Mission (1904, BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    ), designed by Gaunt but patented by George Oswald Ottley.
  • Barnhart Oldstyle series
    • Barnhart Oldstyle (1906, BB&S
      Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
      Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

       later ATF
      American Type Founders
      American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

      )
    • Barnhart Oldstyle Italic + Oldstyle No. 2 (1907, BB&S
      Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
      Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

       later ATF
      American Type Founders
      American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

      )
    • Barnhart Lightface (1914, BB&S
      Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
      Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

      )
  • Adstyle series (BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    )
    • Adstyle (1906)
    • Adstyle Black (1907–11)
    • Adstyle Condensed (1907–11)
    • Adstyle Extra Condensed (1907–11)
    • Adstyle Headletter (1907–11)
    • Adstyle Italic (1907–11)
    • Adstyle Wide (1907–11)
    • Adstyle Black Outline (1910)
    • Adstyle Lightface (1911)
    • Adstyle Shaded (1914)
  • Old Roman series (BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    ), adapted from T.W. Smith's original design for H.W. Caslon & Company
    William Caslon
    William Caslon , also known as William Caslon I, was an English gunsmith and designer of typefaces. He was born at Cradley, Worcestershire, and in 1716 started business in London as an engraver of gun locks and barrels, and as a bookbinder's tool cutter...

     in England.
    • Old Roman Condensed (1907)
    • Old Roman Bold + Bold Condensed + Semitone (1908)
  • Engravers Old Black (1910, BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

    ) a knock-off of ATF's
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

     Engravers Old English.
  • Cardstyle (1914, BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    ) Capitals and small caps only.
  • Engravers Roman Shaded (1914, BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    )
  • Chester Text (1914, BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    ) Capitals and small caps only.
  • Pencraft Oldstyle series (BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    )
    • Pencraft Oldstyle + Italic (1914)
    • Pencraft Bold (1915)
    • Pencraft Shaded (1916)
  • Publicity Gothic (1916, BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    ), later digitized by Fonts.Com
    Monotype Corporation
    Monotype Imaging Holdings is a Delaware corporation based in Woburn, Massachusetts and specializing in typesetting and typeface design as well as text and imaging solutions for use with consumer electronics devices. Monotype Imaging Holdings is the owner of Monotype Imaging Inc., Linotype,...

     and MyFonts
    MyFonts
    MyFonts is a digital fonts distribution, location based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, selling fonts through the web site. It launched in September 1999 , and started selling fonts in March 2000....

    .
  • Pencraft Text (1916, BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

     later ATF
    American Type Founders
    American Type Founders was a business trust created in 1892 by the merger of 23 type foundries, representing about 85% of all type manufactured in the United States...

    )
  • Parsons Swash Initials (BB&S
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
    Barnhart Brothers & Spindler Type Foundry was founded as the Great Western Type Foundry in 1873. It became Barnhart Brothers & Spindler ten years later. It was a successful foundry known for innovative type design and well designed type catalogs. Oz Cooper, Will Ransom, Robert Wiebking, and...

    ), alternate characters for Will Ransom's
    Will Ransom
    Will Ransom was an American graphic designer, letterer, typeface designer, and the foremost bibliographer of private presses.-Youth and early career:...

     Parsons series cut without Ransom's approval.

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