Chicago/Neon/Castcraft

AKA Typefounders of Chicago and Type Films of Chicago. Acquired Neon in 1959. Later produced some of the earliest digital fonts under the OPTI label.

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Typefaces:
- Cooper Black (179)
- Neil Bold (32)
- Gothic (Nesbitt) (23)
- Weiß-Initialen (21)
- Herkules (16)
- Epic & Hollywood / Cinema (15)
- Neuland (15)
- Signal (Berthold) (12)
- Quick (10)
- Trooper Roman (10)
- Rustic No. 2 (9)
- Horatio (8)
- Binder Style (7)
- Columna (6)
- Corporate (6)
- Filmotype Galaxy / Gable / Garfield / Gamma (5)
- Smoke (5)
- Braggadocio (4)
- OPTI Sport Script (4)
- Pierrot (4)
- Anonymous (3)
- Augustea Open (3)
- Bernhard Schönschrift (3)
- Filmotype Flare & Ebony (3)
- Modern Blackletter (3)
- More…
- Pacella Barrel & Gemini Biform (3)
- Circus (2)
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- Bailey (1)
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- Corporate Image (1)
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- Adastra
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- Forest House
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- Margit
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- Less…

Lars – “Es war einmal eine Gitarre” single cover

Photo(s) by Buro Destruct on Flickr.

Ampex Casette Tape Ad1979

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Staff Pick

Rhyme & Reason – A classic book and four funky dust jackets1994

Erik Spiekermann
MetaDesign Berlin

Contributed by Ferdinand Ulrich

<cite>Rhyme & Reason</cite> – A classic book and four funky dust jackets

Staff Pick

Sponsor

Big, Black & Beautiful. Cooper Black book2012

Charlotte Aal
Ward Nicolaas
Off Grid Studio

Contributed by Karin ter Laak

<cite>Big, Black & Beautiful. Cooper Black book</cite>

Lucky 82012

Contributed by Jm

Brothers by The Black Keys2010

Michael Carney

Contributed by Ana Lisboa

Kiehl’s 2011 holiday campaign2011

Maria Gustafson
Takuna Watanabe
JiYoung Hwang

Contributed by Nick Sherman

Lay In – Lay Out (1997) by Piet Schreuders1997

Piet Schreuders

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Lay In – Lay Out</cite> (1997) by Piet Schreuders

Staff Pick

Tomorrow Night, Opening Titles1998

Louis CK
Cynosure Visuals

Contributed by André Mora

<cite>Tomorrow Night</cite>, Opening Titles

From Cliché to Archetype, 1970 first edition1970

Hal Siegel

Contributed by Nick Sherman

<cite>From Cliché to Archetype</cite>, 1970 first edition

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre by Boris O’Hara, Dell Books1967

Photo(s) by Steve on Flickr.

<cite>The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre</cite> by Boris O’Hara, Dell Books

Under The Red Sky by Bob Dylanc. 1990

Camouflage Photo
Bob Dylan

Contributed by Garrison Martin

<cite>Under The Red Sky</cite> by Bob Dylan

Rolling Stone, Dec. 29, 19941994

Fred Woodward

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>Rolling Stone</cite>, Dec. 29, 1994

Staff Pick

De Gruyter Koffiec. 1975

Photo(s) by ed on Flickr.

Dance The Kung Fu / Changing Times by Carl Douglas1974

Contributed by Garrison Martin

<cite>Dance The Kung Fu / Changing Times </cite>by Carl Douglas

Cargo Ships1970

Contributed by benjamin shaykin

The Oven by Sophie Goldstein2015

Contributed by Nick Sherman

<cite>The Oven</cite> by Sophie Goldstein

Staff Pick

Coiffeur Fausta

Photo(s) by Stephen Coles on Flickr.

1964 Revlon ad: “tawny”1964

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Kurt Vonnegut book coversc. 2014

Colin Webber

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

To Love Somebody by The Bee Gees (Germany, 1967)1967

Photo(s) by Klaus Hiltscher on Flickr.

<cite>To Love Somebody</cite> by The Bee Gees (Germany, 1967)

Desert Poems by Ada Hastings Hedges2014

Norman McKnight

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>Desert Poems</cite> by Ada Hastings Hedges

Ad for Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer1968

Contributed by Nick Sherman

Ad for <cite>Vincebus Eruptum</cite> by Blue Cheer

“FLOOD” TV news graphic1980

Ira Rappaport

Photo(s) by Stephen Coles on Flickr.

You Don’t Have to be Black to Love the Blues by Junior Parker1971

Daniel Cooper-Bey

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>You Don’t Have to be Black to Love the Blues</cite> by Junior Parker

You don’t have to be Italian to like Pat Cooper1967

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>You don’t have to be Italian to like Pat Cooper</cite>

Gather Together In My Name (1980 Bantam edition)1980

Photo(s) by Stephen Coles on Flickr.

<cite>Gather Together In My Name</cite> (1980 Bantam edition)

Willesden High Road in 19582011

Phil Baines
Catherine Dixon

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>Willesden High Road in 1958</cite>

Staff Pick

Tootsie Roll candy brandingc. 1970

Contributed by Nick Sherman

Staff Pick

Garfield comics seriesc. 1980

Contributed by Nick Sherman

American Honey poster2016

Michael Bruce Ellis

Contributed by Love Lagerkvist

Songs Of The Humpback Whale album art1970

unknown

Contributed by Love Lagerkvist

<cite>Songs Of The Humpback Whale </cite>album art

Zut!2016

Chicmedias

Contributed by 205TF

Allen Ruppersberg, One of Many – Origins and Variants2006

Silke Fahnert, Uwe Koch

Contributed by Philipp Messner

<cite>Allen Ruppersberg, One of Many – Origins and Variants</cite>

Double feature: Berlinale 2018 / Imbiss-Oase2018

unknown
Velvet Creative Office

Contributed by Tilmann Hielscher

Double feature: Berlinale 2018 / Imbiss-Oase

That’s A Plenty – The Pointer Sisters1974

Herb Greene
Randy Tuten

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>That’s A Plenty – </cite>The Pointer Sisters

Little Sammy Gaha – “Had To Run” French single cover1971

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Little Sammy Gaha – “Had To Run” French single cover

Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die album art1970

Mike Sida

Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff

Traffic – <cite>John Barleycorn Must Die</cite> album art

Hawaiian Holiday with Johnny Pineapple & his Orchestra album art1965

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Hawaiian Holiday with Johnny Pineapple & his Orchestra </cite>album art

Skip A Rope, Here Comes Heaven – The Lonesome Valley Singers1968

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

<cite>Skip A Rope, Here Comes Heaven</cite> – The Lonesome Valley Singers

Touchdown Illustrated Vol. 1 (1973)1973

Touchdown Publications

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Touchdown Illustrated</cite> Vol.<span class="nbsp"> </span>1 (1973)

Post Frosted Rice Krinkles (1972)c. 1972

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

Ulysses by James Joyce, Odyssey Press (1932)1932

Odyssey Press

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Ulysses </cite>by James Joyce, Odyssey Press (1932)

Jorge Elbrecht + Suoni Sognati, Le Zorba2019

Pauline Nuñez
Section26

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Jorge Elbrecht + Suoni Sognati, Le Zorba

Staff Pick

Schreibschrift, Zierschrift und angewandte Schrift, Klinkhardt & Biermann adc. 1955

Klinkhardt & Biermann

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Schreibschrift, Zierschrift und angewandte Schrift</cite>, Klinkhardt & Biermann ad

Cowboys & Colored People – Flip Wilson1967

Loring Eutemey

Contributed by David Chathas

<cite>Cowboys & Colored People</cite> – Flip Wilson

Planet P – Planet P Project1983

Richard Seireeni
George Snow

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Planet P – </cite>Planet P Project

La prodigieuse aventure des plantes (1981), L’Aventure des plantes (1982)c. 1981

unknown
Jacques Leroux

Contributed by Pierre Brossard

<cite>La prodigieuse aventure des plantes</cite> (1981), <cite>L’Aventure des plantes</cite> (1982)

Hellum Partylichtc. 1975

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Hawaii’s Greatest Hits – Prince Kalua and The Tropical Islanders1963

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

<cite>Hawaii’s Greatest Hits – </cite><span><span> Prince Kalua and The Tropical Islanders</span> </span>

hoch, tief, durch 20192019

Chiara Schwarz
Dingpress
Janine Wichmann

Contributed by Dingpress

Staff Pick

Pussyz rolling papersc. 2020

Oscar Torrans

Contributed by Will Sonner

Nuevo Programa por el Celebre Cantante Leroy poster1908

unknown

Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter

Nuevo Programa por el Celebre Cantante Leroy poster

Clip Books of Line Art, Volk (1970)1970

Harry Volk Jr. Art Studio

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

<cite>Clip Books of Line Art</cite>, Volk (1970)

Staff Pick

“Charles Booker: Stand for Kentucky” illustration2020

Robert Beatty

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

“Charles Booker: Stand for Kentucky” illustration

All in the Family: “Bunker for President” poster, buttons, stickers1972

unknown

Contributed by Elise Carlton

<cite>All in the Family: </cite>“Bunker for President” poster, buttons, stickers

Norman Greenbaum – “Spirit in the Sky” single cover1969

unknown

Contributed by Jan Middendorp

Norman Greenbaum – “Spirit in the Sky” single cover

Citadium department stores2020

Large

Contributed by Production Type

Lilly’s2020

unknown

Contributed by Dave Rowland

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