Inspired Typography ’56 : Exhibition Announcement and Call for Entries [Herb Lubalin]

(2) rare works of ephemera designed by Herb Lubalin (Herb Lubalin, Sudler & Hennessey, Inc.) for New York City’s “Inspired Typography ’56” … an exhibition of outstanding typographic work produced coast to coast during the year 1955.

For both designs, Lubalin interpreted the California Job [Type] Case in an eclectic way that displayed individual capital and lowercase letters, special characters, engravings, symbols and punctuation marks for multiple sizes of type.

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[Exhibition Announcement] Inspired Typography ’56 , 1956. Type Directors Club, New York, NY, USA. 9 x 9.5, printed double-sided with three-colors on a thick, semi-coated stock. Design by Herb Lubalin; Typography by The Composing Room, Inc.; and Printing by The Lenmore Press. Nearly fine condition with only the slightest hint of wear; beautifully preserved.

"The 128 pieces shown are the winners of the Certificate of Typographic Excellent awarded by the Type Directors Club. This exhibition is sponsored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Open from 1 to 5 weekdays, now and through June 29th at Wilkie Memorial Building, Freedom House [now demolished], 20 West 40th Street, N.Y.C. Admission is Free”

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[Call for Entries] Inspired Typography ’56 , c. 1955. Type Directors Club, New York, NY, USA. 7.5 x 8.5, (2) eight-page gatefolds, each printed single-sided laid-in as one design. Design by Herb Lubalin, Sudler & Hennessey, Inc.; Typography by The Composing Room, Inc.; and Printing by Futura Lithograph Corp. Very good condition with moderate handling and soiling along the center fold with two soft diagonal creases when opened.

The Second Annual Awards of Typographic Excellence will be Announced on March 27, 1956; with entry rules and requirements inside. Judges included Mahlon Cline, Chairman: Freeman Craw, Louis Dorfsman, Eugene Ettenberg, Gene Federico, Edward Gottschall, Herbert Lubalin, Herbert Roan, William Taubin and Hal Zamboni.