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Annegret Beier, cover and book design for Frères Comme Ça, Lubalin, Smith, Carnase Inc., New York, 1970.
The typeface is Eckmann (aka Eckmann-Type or Eckmann-Schrift) https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/6802/eckmann by Otto Eckmann, first cast by Rudhard’sche Gießerei in 1900 and revised for phototype by Werner Schulze in 1961.
#LetterformArchive #AnnegretBeier #LubalinSmithCarnase #Eckmann #OttoEckmann #1970sDesign
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Werner Stitz, Fotomagic Modifikationen, Optelma Grafica, 1971.
This comb-bound book is one of our favorites, documenting the rise of experimental phototypesetting. In this example, a Basel-based company distorts type and artwork using their FOTOMAGIC overlay optical units.
See it up close in the Online Archive: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_type_0953
#LetterformArchive #Phototype #1970sDesign #PsychedelicArt #ExperimentalTypography #DavidaTypeface #Typography
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A catalog designed for an exhibition that ran in Darmstadt, München, and Zürich in 1978–79, Typographie: Schrift und Graphik mit Letraset (1978) features the work of the catalog’s designer, Christof Gassner, as well as dozens of other artists and designers using Letraset.
For a closer look at select images and typefaces from this book, check out @FontsInUse: https://fontsinuse.com/uses/5433/typographie-schrift-und-graphik-mit-letraset
#LetterformArchive #Letraset #ChristofGassner #1970sDesign #ExhibitionCatalogue #Typography #GraphicDesign
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Happy birthday to the Apple Macintosh! This week marks 40 years since Apple unveiled the original Macintosh at an event in Cupertino.
Image: Susan Kare, MacPaint sample artwork for Macintosh sales brochure, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, 1984.
#LetterformArchive #AppleComputer #AppleMac #MacPaint #SusanKare
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VICO Wooden Letters, part of The Vico Collaboration (Portfolio 4)
Jack Stauffacher
Item date: 2003.
Courtesy #LetterformArchive
#broadside #graphicdesign
highres: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_stauffacher_0001&targPic=lfa_stauffacher_0001_013.jpg -
A Musings
Suzanne Moore
Item date: 2015.
Courtesy #LetterformArchive
#book #broadside #graphicdesign
highres: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_calligraphy_0003&targPic=lfa_calligraphy_0003_027.jpg