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tom
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 Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:29 am Post subject: Bulbous Font ID - mid 1960s |
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Looking to identify this typeface. Would have been no later than
mid-1960s, and is similar to Bottleneck in the bottom-heavy nature of
the lettering.
http://www.ionpool.net/typeface_thick_bottom_sample.gif
Thoughts or leads?
Thank you in advance,
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Dick Margulis
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 7:36 am Post subject: Re: Bulbous Font ID - mid 1960s |
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tom wrote:
| Quote: | Looking to identify this typeface. Would have been no later than
mid-1960s, and is similar to Bottleneck in the bottom-heavy nature of
the lettering.
http://www.ionpool.net/typeface_thick_bottom_sample.gif
Thoughts or leads?
Thank you in advance,
tm
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Looks like something Milton Glaser would have done, or someone imitative
of his style, but I don't see it in a specimen book of his work during
that period. That qualifies as a thought but not really a lead. <g> |
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Armadillo
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject: Re: Bulbous Font ID - mid 1960s |
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| Quote: | Looking to identify this typeface. Would have been no later than
mid-1960s, and is similar to Bottleneck in the bottom-heavy nature of
the lettering.
http://www.ionpool.net/typeface_thick_bottom_sample.gif
Thoughts or leads?
Looks like something Milton Glaser would have done, or someone imitative
of his style, but I don't see it in a specimen book of his work during
that period. That qualifies as a thought but not really a lead. <g
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This kind of lettering was popular in the end of 19th century. It may be a metal type not available in digital format.
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Character
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: Bulbous Font ID - mid 1960s |
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tom wrote:
| Quote: | Looking to identify this typeface. Would have been no later than
mid-1960s, and is similar to Bottleneck in the bottom-heavy nature of
the lettering.
http://www.ionpool.net/typeface_thick_bottom_sample.gif
Thoughts or leads?
Thank you in advance,
tm
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Again, this is a thought, but not much of a lead:
The design has some similarities to Inkwell Black as it appears in the
Solotype Catalog (p. 51). There's a free version of Inkwell that has
no upper case A, but is otherwise the Solotype typeface. Clonemaker
'Fantazia' has/had the same thing under the name Jazzy 16.
Other 'bottom-heavy' fonts have mostly rounded bottoms - such as Bell
Bottom and Bottleneck
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tom
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: Bulbous Font ID - mid 1960s |
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On Oct 25, 9:36 pm, Dick Margulis <margul...@comcast.net> wrote:
| Quote: | tom wrote:
Looking to identify this typeface. Would have been no later than
mid-1960s, and is similar to Bottleneck in the bottom-heavy nature of
the lettering.
http://www.ionpool.net/typeface_thick_bottom_sample.gif
Thoughts or leads?
Thank you in advance,
tm
Looks like something Milton Glaser would have done, or someone imitative
of his style, but I don't see it in a specimen book of his work during
that period. That qualifies as a thought but not really a lead. <g
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Still good info! I'm wondering if it was some sort of Letraset-style
lettering available in an 'art' shop?
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