Photo(s) by altpapiersammler on Flickr.
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This ad from 1903 promotes the then newly opened Hôtel Peterhof at Munich’s very central Marienplatz, with “rooms furnished in the finest modern style”, starting from 2 Marks.
The name is set in Moderne Versalien…
Contributed by Stephen Coles
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The Inland Printer , published in Chicago, was perhaps the best record of early 20th-century American graphic design. “Specimens” was a regular feature in which printers submitted their best work with the hope to be selected and critiqued by J. L. Frazier, editor of the journal. Alexander S. Lawson…
Photo(s) by Alan Mays on Flickr.
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The scores on Emma Crouse’s Scholar’s Certificate, dated January 22, 1885, indicate that she did well in reading, writing, arithmetic, and other subjects.
Emma's teacher, Peter G. Shelley (1862–1938), was only 22 years old when he…
Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.
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One year after MGM Records released The Very Best of Hank Williams, they followed up with a second compilation album. This time, the art department opted against a portrait…
Photo(s) by Buro Destruct on Flickr.
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Fonts from the Flea Market #1450
“Goodbye Mama” by Ireen Sheer (b. 1949) was a top five hit on the German singles chart. A year later, the German-English singer represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, finishing fourth (the winner…
Photo(s) by Klaus Hiltscher on Flickr.
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Started in Detroit in 1960 under the name The Sunliners, Rare Earth was the first successful act signed by Motown that consisted of white members only. Their 1978 album was released on Prodigal. Acquired by Motown in 1976,…
Photo(s) by jericl cat on Flickr.
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Maruxa is a monolinear script much like Veltro (1934), Kaufmann (1936) and Stempel Elan (1936). It was cast by the Spanish foundry of Gans.
By 1958, it was used for a promotional card by Pensão São Jorge, a boarding house on…
Photo(s) by Frederic Humbert on Flickr.
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Toulouse Olympique Aviation Club was founded on October 4, 1944, through a
merger of Toulouse Olympique XV and the Omnisport Aviation Club Toulousain. Since March 6, 1990, the club from the capital of France’s…
Photo(s) by altpapiersammler on Flickr.
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Koralle lichtfett (1926), the extrabold inline style of Schelter & Giesecke’s Koralle family, in use for presenting a dozen of “solid compasses for pupils”, probably from around the 1950s. Note the dots in the Ü umlaut…
Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.
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The headline mixes Romanisch Kursiv No. 20 with Koch-Antiqua fett. The latter is used with both forms for s , but the former isn’t. The question mark is added from Cooper Black , while the smaller copy…
Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.
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“Which sounds better?” The Technics SL-2000 is a series of direct-drive turntables for the consumer market. It was produced from 1976 to 1978.
This series of adverts was issued in 1977 by Matsushita Electric / Panasonic,…
Photo(s) by Hylbrand-Jan Hibma on Flickr.
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Dutch sticker from around 1980, advertising “Stabil Oil for active motors”, using Letraset’s adaptation of Dynamo (1930). The letter I was sliced, turning its semi-seriffed top into a dot.
This post was originally…
Photo(s) by Frank Grießhammer on Flickr.
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Kölsche Mösche (“The Cologne Sparrows” in the local dialect) is an alias used during carnival by the Quartettvereinigung Rheinland 1919. The men’s choir led by Heinz Eckert (1929–2015) recorded a couple of albums in the 1970s. This…
Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.
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Thalia (1894) and two widths of Alternate Gothic (1903) all used in all caps for the cover of a 1966 album by the Toronadoes. The release on Design Records includes interpretations of popular tunes such as “A Taste of…
Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.
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Vol. 2, Ostdeutschland (“Eastern Germany”)
One of a series of six charming small format booklets issued by the Königlich Preußische Eisenbahndirektion (“Royal Prussian Railway Directorate”) in Altona, Hamburg, and describing…
Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.
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The Deep End is the debut album by The Swimming Pool Q’s, a new wave/jangle pop band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1978. It was released in 1981 on DB Recs, with a cover design by band member Anne Richmond…
Photo(s) by Make It Old on Flickr.
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The Killing of Idi Amin is the first novel by Fleet Street journalist Leslie Watkins, inspired by his experiences in the crazed dictator’s Uganda where he was covering a minor war. First published in 1976 by Everest Books, this is…
Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.
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This album combines two violin concertos performed by David Oistrakh (1908–1974) together with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra under conductor Alexander Gauk (who, like Oistrakh, was born in Odesa). Opus 44…
Photo(s) by Make It Old on Flickr.
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The Radio Planet is a science fiction novel written by Roger Sherman Hoar (1887–1963) under the pseudonym of Ralph Milne Farley. The third instalment in his Radio Man series, it was first serialized in Argosy, in six parts, starting 26 June, 1926.
This is the first…
Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.
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Ear Candy is a compilation album with songs by various artists signed to Twentieth Century Fox. The cover is a literal take on the title, with a candy bar for each of the seven featured artists and songs. Some of the…
Photo(s) by Alan Mays on Flickr.
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A Victorian-era ticket with a unique border and striking typefaces. The star of the show is Bank-Note Italic , a variant of John F. Cumming’s Bank-Note Italic (c.1863) in which the top halves have…
Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.
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From Wikipedia:
Time Without Pity is a 1957 British film noir thriller film directed by Joseph Losey and starring Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern, Paul Daneman, Peter Cushing, Alec McCowen and Renee Houston. It is…
Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.
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The Contact Books were a short post-WW2 series of factual books that looked a variety of topics this edition, from late 1947, was on ‘holiday activities and mood’. The volumes were issued at about four-monthly intervals and, as well…
Contributed by Florian Hardwig
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Stentor is was issued by the East German Typoart in 1964, after designs by Heinz Schumann (1934–2020). It’s the second time the upright brush script comes up on Fonts In Use, and once again it’s for the shop sign of a butcher’s in East Berlin. This time the letterforms stay…
Photo(s) by monsieur ADRIEN on Flickr.
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Kosmas-Apotheke is a pharmacy at the Neumarkt in Cologne, Germany. The shopfront sports a neon sign with Kaufmann , in all-lowercase letters and with extra slant.
The photo shown above was taken by Monsieur Adrien in…
Photo(s) by Frederic Humbert on Flickr.
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Treize Catalan, also spelled XIII Catalan, is a rugby league team from Perpignan, France. Established in 1934, it was one of the founding members of the French rugby league championship. This membership card for…
Photo(s) by Kirsten Solveig Schneider on Flickr.
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The cover of Archiv für Buchgewerbe und Gebrauchsgraphik 5/1930 was designed by Heinrich Jost (1889–1948), typographer, type designer, and long-time art director of the Bauer Type…
Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.
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This compilation with “The Very Best of Chevalier” brings together a dozen hits by French singer, actor,…
Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.
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From Wikipedia:
Crawlspace is a 1986 American horror film written and directed by David Schmoeller, and starring Klaus Kinski, Talia Balsam, Barbara Whinnery, and Tané McClure. Its plot follows Karl Guenther, the crazed…
Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff
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In 1971, Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría played the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland. Atlantic Records brought out an album with a live recording of the concert. Haig Adishian used Bifur for the cover, alongside all-caps Kabel and a…