Para-Tipe

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Background

Para-Tipe was a brand of dry transfer letter (“pressure lettering” as they called it) made by Para-Tone, Inc.

Para-Tone Inc. was a manufacturer of acetate products active since the 1910s. Based in Chicago and later in La Grange, Illinois. Various products including Zip-A-Tone, Blu-Zip, Copy-Zip. Their brand of transfer lettering was initially named Para-Tipe and later Zipatone. By 1974, the whole company was renamed Zipatone, Inc. [Info at Fonts in Use]

List of Typefaces

Index of typefaces available as dry transfer from Para-Tipe.

An asterisk (*) indicates an entry that includes images of some sheets. A dagger (†) indicates an entry with a sample held in the collection.