Linn Boyd Benton

Linn Boyd Benton (1844 in Little Falls, New York – 1932 in Plainfield, New Jersey) was an American typeface designer and inventor of technology for producing metal type.

[1][2][3][4] The son of Congressman Charles S. Benton, he was named for his father's friend Linn Boyd.

[5] After starting a career as a book-keeper and working at two newspapers, he became joint owner of Benton, Waldo & Co.

[5] (Mathematically, these are cases of affine transformation, which is the fundamental geometric operation of most systems of digital typography today, including PostScript.)

De Vinne wanted a blacker and more legible face than the typically thin type used before, and slightly condensed to fit the double-column format of the magazine.