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(x) The Return to Cosmology - Scanner {Mark S}
Posted by rdr in
14 Aug 2004 — 12:39pm
14 Aug 2004 — 12:39pm
I was interested in this book because of the author, but the lettering on the cover closed the deal... can anyone tell where the face is from? I'm pretty sure (from the scaled-up lower case) that it's not custom-drawn.
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14 Aug 2004 — 1:02pm
that it's not custom-drawn.' -- no.
14 Aug 2004 — 4:27pm
It's an old film font called Scanner. No doubt it's been digitized, but not under that name as far as I know.
14 Aug 2004 — 11:19pm
Oh, I was just about to ask for an id for the same typeface... (computer ad from 1977)
15 Aug 2004 — 3:38am
wow.. oboy.. a 16-bit computer!! and cheap too.. : ) Holy Mowgli!
15 Aug 2004 — 3:51am
Jack, if you want to look for more real bargains, here is the whole ad:
http://www.decodesystems.com/heathkit-computer-ad-1977.gif
16 Aug 2004 — 10:35am
Now at least we now the name, this typeface showed up here in typophile before with no luck, scroll down a little.
Amelia, also shown in the link above, is the closer in the style that I have found, digitized or not. Beeing kind of close in time, could it be from the same company or designer Stanley Davis? I know it doesn't mean much, just a monday thought.
17 Aug 2004 — 12:54am
By the way - we have here a catalogue (photolettering) and the name is "Nassel Black"
LOTR
17 Aug 2004 — 7:44am
I have another catalog which lists it as "Cucumber." LOTR, if you're referring to a Photo-Lettering Inc. catalog, that's probably the original name.
19 Aug 2004 — 6:50am
In the Photo-Lettering Catalog (Alphabet Thesaurus Vol. 3) from 1971, it is shown as Cucumber. It also appears by that name in the Phil's Photo 'Homage to the Alphabet' book from 1985. Was that the one you saw it in Mark?
19 Aug 2004 — 9:35pm
No, it was in a Lettergraphics catalog. Lettergraphics was known to traffic in counterfeit fonts which is why I was suspicious of the name. So Cucumber must be the original name. It fits, too.