MB109150 USA Printing Bronze medal for 50 years Graphic Arts Edward Everett Bartlett typeface designer Linotype 1926

USA Bronze medal for 50 years devotion to the Graphic Arts Edward Everett Bartlett (1863-1942) renowned typeface designer, 1926. Edward Everett Bartlett was a printer and typographic director at Linotype. He designed Garamond and Garamond Bold and the italic versions of both plus Elzevir no.3. Reverse of the medal shows him at work with the legend in Scots Gaelic: chan ann dhuinn phein amhain – not just for us. Portrait of the printer on obverse, by R Marschall with text, reverse the printer at work, surrounded by his tools and equipment. 132 x 80mm. Condition rubbed on face otherwise VF