Robert Hunter Middleton (1898-1905)

Information about the font designer Robert Hunter Middleton and his typefaces.

Robert Hunter Middleton was born near Glasgow and emigrated to Alabama at the age of ten where his father managed a coal mine. The young Middleton however wanted to become an artist. He came under the sway of the influential German designer, Detterer, and from then on devoted his life to the art of letter design.

Though never a big innovator, he created more than 100 typefaces for his employer, the Ludlow Typograph Company of Chicago where he worked for 40 years. The most well-known ones are the Eusebius italic family of fonts.

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Fonts designed by Robert Hunter Middleton:

Admiral Script
Bodoni Black Condensed
Bodoni Campanile
Cloister Open Face (BT)
Coffee Script
Coronet
Linotype Coronet
CG Coronet
Coronet (RR)
Coronet (URW)
Coronet Bold
Florentine Cursive
Garamond FB Display
Garamond FB Text
Garamond Ludlow
Lafayette Extra Condensed

Mayfair
Middleton Brush
Nicolas Jenson SG
Radiant
Radiant Bold Condensed
Radiant Condensed
EF Radiant Display Condensed No. 1
Radiant Extra Condensed
Radiant Extra Condensed Bold
EF Radiant Text
Samson Classic SG
Stellar Classic SG
Tempo Heavy Condensed
Umbra
Umbra (BT)
Umbra (URW)

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Most popular font

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Florentine Cursive