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)
- Egmont (2)
- Fantail (2)
- Igloo (2)
- Mandarin (2)
- Nubian (2)
- Publicity Gothic (2)
- Bailey (1)
- Bethany (1)
- Bold Antique (1)
- Boutique (1)
- Campanile (1)
- Corporate Image (1)
- Endowed Jones (1)
- Filmotype Jefferson (1)
- Germanic Sans (1)
- Gill Floriated Capitals (1)
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- Hopkins Wood (1)
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- Red Roses (1)
- Zürich (Lettera) (1)
- Adastra
- Cornered
- Filmotype Jiffy
- Filmotype Label
- Forest House
- Funky Swash
- Grotesk No. 1 and 2 Lower Case
- Margit
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- Less…

Third Independent Publishers and Artzine Fair Vienna poster2012

Contributed by Nick Sherman

Start Your Own Damn School2011

Nicolas Burrows

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Two Color Super Springer ad1977

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Sponsor

Grandma’s Perogies packagingc. 2015

Photo(s) on Flickr.

Ginger Baker’s Air Force – “Man Of Constant Sorrow” / “Doin’ It” Japanese single cover1970

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Ginger Baker’s Air Force – “Man Of Constant Sorrow”<span class="nbsp"> </span>/ “Doin’ It” Japanese single cover

I Am The Flag: A Portrait of America1971

Contributed by David Smith

<cite>I Am The Flag: A Portrait of America</cite>

“Little Green Bag” – George Baker Selection1969

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Guides Of Bhutan2019

Aki Guerineau

Contributed by Aki Guerineau

Staff Pick

Shock paperback series by Richard Matheson (Dell)1966

Norman Adams
Tom Ryan

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry. Poems About Food and Drink2003

Carol Devine Carson
Abby Weintraub

Contributed by Chris Purcell

<cite>Eat, Drink, and Be Merry. Poems About Food and Drink</cite>

Sweet Corn Festival: Herman Miller Summer Picnic, 19701970

Steve Frykholm

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Staff Pick

SUPERMAG, no. 12013

Jim Rugg
Chris Pitzer
Adhouse Books

Contributed by jimrugg

Isaiah 24:4-62012

Florian Mewes
Timothy Gambell

Contributed by Florian Sewem

Marx & Satan by Richard Wurmbrand1986

unknown

Contributed by Jason Panos

“Do Or Die” / “Comme Un Oiseau Qui S’Envole” – Grace Jones1978

unknown

Photo(s) by Klaus Hiltscher on Flickr.

Blood, Sweat & Tears Greatest Hits1972

John Berg

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>Blood, Sweat & Tears Greatest Hits</cite>

Staff Pick

The Oven by Sophie Goldstein2015

Contributed by Nick Sherman

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

Staff Pick

Sounds of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel1966

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Angola Freedom Songs1962

Ronald Clyne

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

Ad for Vincebus Eruptum by Blue Cheer1968

Contributed by Nick Sherman

MC5 – Back in the USA album cover1970

Joan Marker

Contributed by Nick Sherman

“FLOOD” TV news graphic1980

Ira Rappaport

Photo(s) by Stephen Coles on Flickr.

POSB SAYE Bonus Account posterc. 1974

unknown

Contributed by Choo Kwang Zhee

Civil Wars. A History in Ideas by David Armitage2017

Peter Mendelsund

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Civil Wars. A History in Ideas</cite> by David Armitage

Staff Pick

Good Old Country & Western Songs album artc. 1970

unknown

Contributed by Love Lagerkvist

<cite>Good Old Country & Western Songs </cite>album art

Tyler, the Creator – “Yonkers” music video2011

unknown

Contributed by volbot

Tyler, the Creator – “Yonkers” music video

Hunt’s ad – “Catsup in flavors”1965

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Marilyn Manson – Heaven Upside Down identityc. 2017

Brian Roettinger

Contributed by Jean-Baptiste Morizot

Marilyn Manson – <cite>Heaven Upside Down</cite> identity

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – Gorilla album art1967

Vivian Stanshall

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – <cite>Gorilla</cite> album art

Music Man identity (1970s)c. 1975

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Alto Summit (Polydor) album art1969

Diogenic Attempts Ltd.

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Alto Summit</cite> (Polydor) album art

ColecoVision console1982

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Touchdown Illustrated Vol. 1 (1973)1973

Touchdown Publications

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

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

Leonard Cohen lyrics bookletc. 1971

unknown

Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter

Staff Pick

Cluster Trilogy by Piers Anthony (Millington)1979

unknown

Contributed by Ol Blajo

<cite>Cluster Trilogy</cite> by Piers Anthony (Millington)

Staff Pick

Aviation and space travel coin sets by Shellc. 1970

unknown
Danbury Mint

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Cowboys & Colored People – Flip Wilson1967

Loring Eutemey

Contributed by David Chathas

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

Children’s Jokes And Riddlesc. 1965

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Moins huit / Plus huit – Jo Akepsimas, Pierre Dhombre, Mannickc. 1975

unknown

Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff

<cite>Moins huit</cite><span class="nbsp"> </span><cite>/ Plus huit</cite> – Jo Akepsimas, Pierre Dhombre, Mannick

Roxy Music drum logoc. 1972

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Clip Books of Line Art, Volk (1969)1969

Harry Volk Jr. Art Studio

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Staff Pick

Hellum Partylichtc. 1975

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

hoch, tief, durch 20192019

Chiara Schwarz
Dingpress
Janine Wichmann

Contributed by Dingpress

Staff Pick

Frank Ocean – Channel Orange2012

Thomas Mastorakos
Aaron Martinez
Phil Toselli

Contributed by Koray

Frank Ocean – <cite>Channel Orange</cite>

The Highly Improbable Audacious Adventures of Wirra Wirra2019

Sean Kane
Fuller

Contributed by Sean Kane

<cite>The Highly Improbable Audacious Adventures of Wirra Wirra</cite>

Al Cohn & Zoot Sims – Body And Soul album art1973

Don Schlitten

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Al Cohn & Zoot Sims – <cite>Body And Soul</cite> album art

Sea-Monkeys ad (1978)1978

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

His Way book cover1977

Contributed by Indra Kupferschmid

Lay In – Lay Out (1997) by Piet Schreuders1997

Piet Schreuders

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

Tomorrow Night, Opening Titles1998

Louis CK
Cynosure Visuals

Contributed by André Mora

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

Greatest Hits by Duke Ellingtonc. 1968

Ron Coro

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Cargo Ships1970

Contributed by benjamin shaykin

The Great Comic Book Heroes, by Jules Feiffer1965

Paul Bacon

Contributed by Chris Purcell

<cite>The Great Comic Book Heroes</cite>, by Jules Feiffer

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)

Snap Dragon board game (1987)1987

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

“…muesch halt i Ryfflihof…” plastic bagc. 1975

Rosmarie Kiefer

Photo(s) by Buro Destruct on Flickr.

Kerstmis by Dick Brunac. 1963

Dick Bruna

Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter

Famous Trees title page, Dropmore Press1952

Dropmore Press

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

Hanna-Barbera juvenile card games1979

unknown

Contributed by James Vipond

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