Wadsworth A. Parker

Wadsworth A. Parker
Born	1864
Died	1938 Petersburg, Virginia
Nationality	American
Known for	typography

Wadsworth A. Parker (b. 1864 – d. 1938, Petersburg, Virginia) was an American printer and typeface designer. He was a director of the American Type Founders Company, designed many faces for them, and served as head of their specimen department.^[1] His faces are typically highly decorative and often capture the Art Deco style of the time.

Typefaces designed Wadsworth A. Parker

All faces cut by American Type Founders.

• Goudy Handtooled + italic (1922), alternately credited to either Charles H. Becker or Morris Fuller Benton.
• Lexington (1926), with Clarence P. Hornung.
• Gallia (1927)
• Modernistic (1928)
• Graybar (1930)
• Additions to M.F. Bentons's Stymie series:
  • Stymie Compressed (1932)
  • Stymie Inline Title (1932)
• Swash letters for Bookman (1936?)

References

• MacGrew, Mac, American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century, Oak Knoll Books, New Castle Delaware, 1993, ISBN 0-938768-34-4.
• Rollins, Carl Purlington American Type Designers and Their Work. in Print, V. 4, #1, p. 13.

1. MacGrew, p. 331.