Working from several hundred reference photographs of industrial chimney lettering, ornamenting/patterning, and roughly two dozen archival engineering drawings, the Stack fonts were developed to be true to the spirit of the original masonry lettering while also being authentically original. The design of the Stack fonts (by James Hultquist-Todd with research and input by Craig Welsh and Jenna Flickinger) began during a trip to Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum (HWT). Prior to the demolition of the original HWT factory complex and implosion of the tall, 1920s-era chimney, designer Craig Welsh had access to the entire 12-acre campus. Here Welch takes a brick and mortar approach to design.
