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John R. Bowman typeface, 1960
Collection
Identifier: 000.01.07
Description of the Collection
Three printed copies/sheets of the alphabet in capital letters, followed by punctuation marks and the numbers 0 through 9; all done in a Copper Plate Typeface that was customized by John R. Bowman. Bowman developed this typeface in the early 1960s for use in the Federal Center, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in downtown Chicago. The font subsequently became the one used by Mies' architectural office.
Dates:
circa 1960
Mies van der Rohe Society collection, 1951-2011
Collection
Identifier: 032.04.04
Description of the Collection
This collection contains the research material, folders of materials on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe collected on behalf of the Mies Society.
Dates:
1951-2011
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