Douglas Crawford McMurtrie (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Douglas Crawford McMurtrie was an American typeface designer, graphic designer, historian and bibliographer of printing. McMurtrie was born in Belmar, New Jersey and attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After leaving school without a degree, he worked as a newspaper reporter, statistician, free-lance designer, and printing broker. After several years, his design work came to the attention of Ingalls Kimball, who appointed McMurtrie general manager of the Cheltenham Press. He subsequently served as printing manager of the Columbia University Printing Office, the Arbor Press, and Cond Nast Press.