![]() ![]() The sign above reads “BRING A CHEST AND WE WILL BRING YOU GOLF”. When Wrigley field was built in 1914, there wasn’t a direct road to take you right up to it.īecause of this land use they had a choice of what typeface would be used on their marquee versus minor league stadiums if at all Meacham and Dietel chose golf script because that’s what players wear around here! In the years before automobile transportation became common, fields were still fairly isolated. In 1918 there were 126 games played on all kinds of different surfaces: artificial turf cinders, sawdust and crushed rock plus grass infields as appears today… but this experimental layout became permanent from 1920-31 when increasing History of Wrigley Field Marquee Font In 1916 it held its first professional baseball game under a wooden structure called Spa at Athletic Park for about 20 spectators. The ballpark was constructed by an architectural firm headed up by Charles Breese who also designed Soldier Stadium (now demolished) and Providence Park in Portland, Oregon. It is located at 1720 N Addison Street, between Clark St and Irving Park Rd in West Lakeview, but there are addresses nearby: 1604 North Halsted – the home of the Chicago Cubs, along with Wrigley Field – which is across the street. Paul Saints who played out their games on a field just to the west of Rand’s Chicago Brewery (although it was not formally named Wrigley Field until after new owner William Wrigleys Jr.’s personal lease began in 1916). Wrigley Field was built in 1914 and originally used by an amateur baseball team called St. Wrigley Field is the home ballpark of Major League Baseball team, the Chicago Cubs. As fate would have it, in February 1948 they ended up designing a sign for their favorite sport instead. In the beginning, they had major designs on the Chicago Cubs baseball team. The font was designed by Ralph Meacham and Paul Dietel. Here’s a look at how the font came to be, and how it became such a celebrated part of our beloved baseball team’s identity. ![]() The wrigley field marquee font is an iconic part of the Chicago Cubs’ legacy. We’ve compiled a list of the font’s namesakes around the world and also highlighted some lesser-known examples in popular culture. The bold typeface has a strong personality with a lot of personality. Wrigley Field’s iconic scoreboard font from 1948 is the work of the Chicago firm, Meacham & Dietel. ![]()
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