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Frank Hinman Pierpont

Frank Hinman Pierpont was an American engineer and typeface designer. He worked primarily in England for the Monotype Corporation of Britain.

Typefaces designed by F. H. Pierpont
All faces cut by British Monotype: • Imprint with Fritz StelzerPlantin (1913), with Fritz StelzerHorley Oldstyle (1925), named for Horley, the nearest town to Monotype's works. An amiable serif similar to Goudy Old Style and Kennerley. • Monotype Grotesque (1926), an updating of the Berthold Type Foundry’s Ideal Grotesque. • Bembo (1929) revival supervised by Pierpont, following his previous Poliphilus and Blado designs on the same theme • Rockwell (1934) ==References==
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