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Wedding Text—Baltotype Specimen

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Folded specimen leaflet presenting Wedding Text, a blackletter typeface originally created by Morris Fuller Benton for American Type Founders (ATF) in 1901. After its introduction by Benton at ATF, several manufacturers reproduced Wedding Text. This particular specimen leaflet was issued by Baltotype (Baltimore Type Foundry) around the late 1940s–early 1950s, displaying the typeface in 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, and 24 point sizes.

Folded, the leaflet measures 3.125 × 6.25 inches. Opened, it is 6.25 × 6.25 inches.