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CBCP Fellow Helena de Barros<\/a> has designed a typeface, \u2018Chromiste\u2019, based on the collection of chromo-lithographed Liebig trade cards held in the Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collection, that she studied during her time at Reading.<\/p>\n

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\nFig 1:<\/strong> An example of the Liebig trade cards that informed Helena\u2019s work on chromolithographic techniques <\/span>in the Michael Twyman Collection. To see examples of these trade cards contact LPGDC@reading.ac.uk.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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