A narrow American serif after the 1892 Howland, imagined as a corporate face for the artist Letha Wilson.
About
Manhattan started as a speculative corporate typeface for Letha Wilson, drawing on American type and landscape. Its main source is Howland, cut by the Dickinson Type Foundry in 1892, reworked in a simpler, digital way rather than as nostalgia. One medium weight with seven stylistic sets.
Classification
A narrow, low-contrast serif after Howland (Dickinson Type Foundry, 1892), simplified for digital use.
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