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Type Designers of the Twentieth Century. Belles Lettres as an artistic manifestation engagedWith the advent of the twentieth century came many developments in printing technology which impacted the world of typeface design. At the start of the century, creating type was limited to a small number of elite artisans capable of hand cutting each letter out of metal. When the manufacture of type became automated each original letter still had to be drawn by hand albeit now with minor constraints. It was the Second World War which radically