Born and raised in New York City, Thomas Maitland Cleland became one a noted graphic artist and typographer. At age 15, he convinced his family to send him to the Artist Artisan Institute, a struggling art school in New York City. It was there that he became fascinated by graphic design and typesetting.
His first success as a graphic artist came when he submitted a series of drawings to a trade journal, the "American Bookmaker". Later, he sold a decorative border to an illu (showing 500 of 1272 characters). |
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