Alphabets: A Human Alphabet

Strand Magazine
January 1898

The Three Delevines: Harry, Percy and Sam Delevine

Dobbs Ferry Register
(New York)
February 18, 1898
Human Alphabet

British Music Hall: An Illustrated Who’s Who from 1850 to the Present Day

Roy Busby

Paul Elek Incorporated, 1976 

The Three Delevines, acrobatic brothers act. Born in Yorkshire, Harry, Percy and Dennis Delevine made their first appearance in London at the Alhambra in 1887 and became a popular act in Europe and America during tours of 1889 and 1890. During the early 1900s they combined their act with ‘The Two Sisters Winterton’ and as ‘The Five Delevines’ presented ‘Flirtations’, an acrobatic dancing and musical act. 

Ottumwa Tri-Weekly Courier
(Iowa)
March 30, 1912
Felix and Fink comic strip

Bisbee Daily Review
(Arizona)
April 9, 1912
Felix—The Great Human Alphabet 

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Alphabets: ITC Alphabet Soups

International Typeface Corporation

ITC Typeface Directory, 1984

52 page catalog; selected pages

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Lettering: Alphabets and Numerals

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Creator: Hermann Zapf

Selected pages from the International Typeface Corporation

specimen bookets for ITC Zapf Book, ITC Zapf International,

ITC Zapf Chancery and ITC Zapf Dingbats.

The New York Times
June 10, 2015
Hermann Zapf, 96, Dies;
Designer Whose Letters Are Found Everywhere

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