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 (185)
- Neil Bold (32)
- Gothic (Nesbitt) (23)
- Weiß-Initialen (21)
- Herkules (16)
- Epic & Hollywood / Cinema (15)
- Neuland (15)
- Signal (Berthold) (12)
- Quick (10)
- Rustic No. 2 (10)
- Trooper Roman (10)
- Horatio (9)
- Binder Style (7)
- Filmotype Galaxy / Gable / Garfield / Gamma (7)
- Columna (6)
- Corporate (6)
- 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)
- Improvenu Wide (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)
- Filmotype Vessel (1)
- Germanic Sans (1)
- Gill Floriated Capitals (1)
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- Peking (1)
- Radius (1)
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- Zürich (Lettera) (1)
- Adastra
- Compton
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- Filmotype Jiffy
- Filmotype Label
- Forest House
- Funky Swash
- Grotesk No. 1 and 2 Lower Case
- Margit
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Jeopardy! game show1984

Naomi Slodki
Henry J. Lickel
Bob Rang

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Cheers Logo and Opening Titles1982

Castle/Bryant/Johnsen
Jim Castle
Bruce Bryant

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Blog

The Chop Shop

Ptarmak

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Blog

Sponsor

“Vote for Pedro” Shirt from Napoleon Dynamite2004

Curt Jensen

Contributed by Stephen Coles

“Vote for Pedro” Shirt from <cite>Napoleon Dynamite</cite>

Levy’s ad campaign: “You don’t have to be Jewish” (1961–70s)1961

Doyle Dane Bernbach
William Taubin

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Levy’s ad campaign: “You don’t have to be Jewish” (1961–70s)

Staff Pick

The Beach Boys Pet Sounds album cover1966

Tommy Steele
Capitol Records

Contributed by Nick Sherman

The Beach Boys <cite>Pet Sounds</cite> album cover

Staff Pick

The Public Theater logo evolution (1994–2008)c. 1994

Pentagram
Paula Scher

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Staff Pick

Fact magazine coversc. 1964

Herb Lubalin
Tom Carnase

Contributed by Nick Sherman

Blog

Brothers by The Black Keys2010

Michael Carney

Contributed by Ana Lisboa

easyJet1995

unknown
easyGroup

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

Burger King 1970s “Have it your way” ads1975

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Tootsie Roll candy brandingc. 1970

Contributed by Nick Sherman

Staff Pick

Space: 1999 titles1975

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

New York Doughnut Map2012

Jim Datz

Contributed by Nick Sherman

Staff Pick

Rabit tour poster (2015) vs. Drake – Scary Hours cover art (2018)2015

unknown
Collin Fletcher

Contributed by Love Lagerkvist

The Fifth Season / Jump Suits, Ltd. ads1978

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Kanye West’s Jesus Is King album art, movie poster and merchandise2019

AWGE
Kanye West
Cactus Plant Flea Market

Contributed by Ciarán Crawley

Deliverance (1972) movie posters1972

Bill Gold

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>Deliverance</cite> (1972) movie posters

Staff Pick

Garfield comics seriesc. 1980

Contributed by Nick Sherman

The “New Font Project” on Parks & Recreation2011

Tom Haverford
Jerry Gergich

Photo(s) by Nick Sherman on Flickr.

Tootsie Roll Pops “Legend of the Indian Wrapper”1982

Contributed by Nick Sherman

The Silence Of The Lambs movie poster1991

BLT Communications, LLC

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

ABBA logo and album/single fonts (1976–1982)1976

Rune Soderqvist

Contributed by Alex Bury

The Times They Are A-changin’ by Bob Dylan1964

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>The Times They Are A-changin’</cite> by Bob Dylan

Staff Pick

Dec. 7, 1941 record cover1966

Ed Lee

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Staff Pick

Boiler Room poster series2016

Joe Prytherch

Contributed by Love Lagerkvist

Wet Hot American Summer Poster2001

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Bauer Types in Usec. 1954

Bauer

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Staff Pick

A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess (Penguin SF)1972

David Pelham

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Staff Pick

Ulysses by James Joyce, Random House (1934)1934

Ernst Reichl

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Ulysses</cite> by James Joyce, Random House (1934)

Staff Pick

SUPERMAG, no. 12013

Jim Rugg
Chris Pitzer
Adhouse Books

Contributed by jimrugg

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)

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

Erik Spiekermann
MetaDesign Berlin

Contributed by Ferdinand Ulrich

Staff Pick

Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam flyers and postersc. 1967

unknown

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Staff Pick

Start Your Own Damn School2011

Nicolas Burrows

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Dear White People movie poster2014

unknown

Contributed by Brian Phillips

<cite>Dear White People</cite> movie poster

Drunk by Thundercat2017

Adam Stover
Zack Fox
Eddie Alcazar

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Songs Of Love And Hate by Leonard Cohen1972

John Berg

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>Songs Of Love And Hate</cite> by Leonard Cohen

Staff Pick

De La Soul – Stakes Is High album art1996

De La Soul
Art Babe / MW
Michelle Williams

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

De La Soul – <cite>Stakes Is High</cite> album art

Sounds of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel1966

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Tyler, the Creator – “Yonkers” music video2011

unknown

Contributed by volbot

Tyler, the Creator – “Yonkers” music video

Sweet Corn Festival: Herman Miller Summer Picnic, 19701970

Steve Frykholm

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Staff Pick

Smash Hits magazine logos (1978, 1980, 1982, 1985)c. 1978

Steve Bush

Contributed by Giles Booth

Staff Pick

More Than Magic2019

Collins

Contributed by helvetica bold

Frank Ocean – Channel Orange2012

Thomas Mastorakos
Aaron Martinez
Phil Toselli

Contributed by Koray

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

Vectrex Graphic Computer System brochure1983

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Rolling Stone, Dec. 29, 19941994

Fred Woodward

Contributed by Stephen Coles

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

Staff Pick

Isaiah 24:4-62012

Florian Mewes
Timothy Gambell

Contributed by Florian Sewem

KFC: AFC–ZFC outdoor ad campaign2019

Mother Design

Contributed by Thiago

Diff’rent Strokes titles1978

unknown

Contributed by B.J. Winzer

Marilyn Manson – Heaven Upside Down identityc. 2017

Brian Roettinger

Contributed by Jean-Baptiste Morizot

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

Jim Beam ad: “Generation gap? Jim Beam never heard of it.” (1972)1972

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Neil Young – Decade album art1976

Tom Wilkes

Contributed by Rob Hudson

Neil Young – <cite>Decade </cite>album art

New Mimeo Revolution2019

Chiara Schwarz

Contributed by Dingpress

Staff Pick

Ebony Magazine advertisement campaign1968

Herb Lubalin

Contributed by Herb Lubalin Study Center

Staff Pick

“I Love Letter-Press” Mecanorma ad (1969)1969

Cehes

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

“I Love Letter-Press” Mecanorma ad (1969)

Staff Pick

Music Man identity (1970s)c. 1975

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Cadbury Curly Wurly, US Edition1973

Contributed by Stephen Coles

James Victore: Ace Hotel Show2013

James Victore

Contributed by Stephen Coles

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