In the 1950s, the Filmotype machine – able to set over 500 alphabets (including connecting scripts) from 2-inch film – was one of the most popular devices available for advertising and other display typesetting.

In the 1950s, the Filmotype machine – able to set over 500 alphabets (including connecting scripts) from 2-inch film – was one of the most popular devices available for advertising and other display typesetting. It eventually became the Alphatype, which then, like all phototypesetting, faded from view after the advent of the Mac in 1984; the library, however, slumbered on, waiting for the right person to rediscover it.

In 2006, Stuart Sandler, the retro-font mastermind of Font Diner and other enterprises, bought the entire library – lock, stock & ligature – and began digitizing it. After much work and collaboration with folks like our friend Mark Simonson, that project has begun to bear fruit: the first 13 Filmotype releases are now available at MyFonts, and we are very happy and excited to have them.

Keep checking back on a regular basis to see more of the Filmotype collection as it becomes available!

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Filmotype is Back From the Dead