Salter
From the Foundry:
“While Salter Roman pulls the majority of its construction methodology from the work of Oscar Ogg, Salter’s lowercase Italic construction is based on an exquisite piece of lettering penned by George Salter in 1941. Seven years earlier, Salter emigrated to New York from the Weimar Republic as it collapsed into fascism. The six years after his arrival was an intensely productive time for Salter, producing over 185 book jackets and at least 30 magazine covers during this period.† This typeface family in particular was inspired by the angular intensity of his design for The Transposed Heads (Thomas Mann, Alfred A. Knopf).
The tension between the angularity and roundness created by the hard linear strokes and inky rotation of the pen are marvelously strange yet orderly. As a book jacket designer and master of pen and airbrush, Salter imbued his jacket designs with the dynamism and drama of the books he set out to illustrate.”
