Far Away Font Friday: National Geographic’s Cartographic Typefaces
By Juan Valdes from nationalgeographic.com [Ed.: link is not valid.] From the article: Our maps have long been known for their distinctive typefaces. But few outside the Society know little of the history that lies behind them. Until the early 1930s, most of our maps were hand-lettered—a slow and tedious process requiring great patience and even greater skill. […]