Raymond F. DaBoll is one of the deans of American Calligraphers, celebrated internationally for his disciplined writing and its application to almost all forms of advertising and publishing. A graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology, he moved to Chicago in 1912 and worked here for 40 years. He now lives in Batesville, Arkansas, where he carries on an extensive correspondence with other practitioners of beautiful handwriting and continues, at 84, to work on publications. 27 Chicago Designer founder: 1936-1967, Honorary Member: 1971. STA Fellow 1938, Honorary Member.

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