Mr. Edward Penfield's work first attracted attention through the series of posters which he designed for 'Harper's Magazine' with unfailing fertility of invention for several years. During this time he evolved a style of letter which exactly fitted the character of his work. The cover design shown in [103] displays his characteristic letter in actual use; while the two interesting pages of large and small letter alphabets by him, [104] and [105], show the latest and best development of these letter forms. The heading
shown in [102] exhibits a slightly different letter, evidently based upon that used by Mr. Penfield.
The capitals by Mr. H. Van B. Magonigle, shown in [107], are derived from classic Roman forms but treated with a modern freedom that makes them unusually attractive. They appear, however, to better advantage in actual use in conjunction with a design, [106], than when shown in the necessarily restricted form of an alphabetical page panel.
Mr. Bertram G. Goodhue, whose designs for type have already been mentioned, is a
most facile and careful letterer. Although his name is more intimately associated with Blackletter (examples of his work in that style are shown in the following chapter), he has devised some very interesting variations of the Roman forms, such as that used in [108], as an example.