Photo-Lettering Fonts Go Digital

Interesting article about a 60s typeface company going digital by Steven Heller:

In fact, famed type designer Ed Benguiat lamented that the Photo-Lettering library was just sitting in a storage facility somewhere in Manhattan. He also complained that the current owners had failed to listen to his urging to digitize the fonts. So he convinced House Industries, a pioneer among digital foundries, to place a bid on the collection.