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Festival Titling

Designed by Phillip Boydell and issued by Monotype in 1950 (series 554) as the official display face for the Festival of Britain, a national exhibition held throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951. The typeface was used for all official Festival announcements and was made available for general use in 1952.

Photo-Lettering’s version was called Fanfare.

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