ALT Detail of a faded sign reading “Forwarding”, painted in large white sans-serif caps on a brick wall at Wilhelminapier, Rotterdam, taken in October 2012

ALT An collage of designs from fontsinuse.com, including a Dutch 7″ single “Hello, Goodbye” / “I Am The Walrus” by The Beatles, “Hello Summer, Goodbye” book cover by Gollancz, The Guess Who – “Follow Your Daughter Home” / “Bye Bye Babe” single cover, “OUT NOW.” button for the 1971 Vietnam War / Out Now event on the Mall in D.C., “Goodbye Stones” poster by Hijack Your Life, Tanukichan – “So Gone” single cover by Marc Jones, 1970s “Goodbye, Columbus” book cover by Paul Bacon, and 1960s “Goodbye, Columbus” book cover.

ALT Detail of a specimen showing the Exentrica typeface by Nick Cooke, featuring both its Monoline and Contrast styles

ALT Specimen for the typeface Sirenia by Felix Braden (Floodfonts, 2022), showing the range of styles from Thin to Black, in roman and italic styles, as well as some of the many swash alternates

ALT Specimen for the typeface Sirenia by Felix Braden (Floodfonts, 2022), showing a gradient of the weights (Thin to Black), as well as some of the many swash alternates

ALT Sveva v2 fonts

ALT Type@Cooper and The Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design & Typography present: FRANKLIN GOTHIC GOES ON FOREVER, a free talk by typographer Nick Sherman about the design and lasting influence of a quintessential American typeface. Tuesday, October 24, 2022, 18:30 EDT Live in person at The Cooper Union 41 Cooper Square, New York, NY and streaming online. RSVP for free at coopertype.org Since its debut at the beginning of the 20th century from the American Type Founders Company, the Franklin Gothic family of typefaces has played a major role in shaping the visual landscape of the United States. It has proven to be a versatile and timeless design for everything from hardcore punk bands to the US military. This talk by Nick Sherman will cover historical info about Franklin Gothic and its relatives, a thorough examination of its design and usage, plus some personal background about how it became the first typeface he fell in love with, why he thinks it deserves more appreciation, and

ALT Covers of the Póly Ginaikón magazine

ALT Dust jacket of the first edition of The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (Harper & Row, 1971), designed by Frederick Cantor using Weiss Initials No. 2.

ALT Detail of Bill Gold’s movie poster for The Exorcist (Warner Bros., 1973), featuring PLINC Gemini and Kabel

ALT Cover of the Kanji, Kana, BLine exhibition booklet with Japanese and Latin text

ALT The Vertigo EP by Panda Gomm features Korean and Latin typography.

ALT Detail of the Lokmat newspaper in the Marathi language which uses the Devanagari script

ALT Poster by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with text in Cyrillic characters

ALT Glyptic DJR type specimen, with text: “The Great American Fondue Cookbook Vol. 1”