Tommy Thompson (type designer)
Samuel Winfield "Tommy" Thompson was an American calligrapher, graphic artist and typeface designer. He was born Blue Point, New York. In 1944 he became the first designer to earn royalties for a type design, from Photo Lettering Inc. for his Thompson Quill Script. Previously, designers had worked in house for foundries or had sold the rights to their faces outright. He maintained a studio in Norwalk, Connecticut and was the author of several books on type and lettering.
Typefaces
Thompson designed all of these foundry types:Post Headletter, privately cast for the Saturday Evening Post.Collier Heading, privately cast for Collier's Magazine.Mademoiselle, matrices cut by Herman Schnorr. Originally cast for Mademoiselle Magazine, but later offered for general sale.Baltimore Script, matrices cut by George Battee.- Additional weights of Futura for Intertype.Thompson Quill Script, this was also made available for phototypesetting by Photo Lettering Inc.