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The Society of Typographic Arts was Chicago's premier design professional organization from 1927 into the 1970s. The emblem shown here, designed by illustrator Elmer Jacobs, embodies STA's commitment to excellence in type as well as their more generalized embrace of modernism.

Artist: Elmer Jacobs
Source: Newberry Library (Wing Ephemera files: STA)

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