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…
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- Improvenu Wide (2)
- Mandarin (2)
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- Publicity Gothic (2)
- Bailey (1)
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- Boutique (1)
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- Endowed Jones (1)
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- Adastra
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Basic Blythe by Arthur Blythe1988

Gary Drummond
CBS Records

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>Basic Blythe</cite> by Arthur Blythe

Bim! Bam!! Boom!!! by Percy Faith1966

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>Bim! Bam!! Boom!!!</cite> by Percy Faith

Clip Books of Line Art, Volk (1969)1969

Harry Volk Jr. Art Studio

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

<cite>Clip Books of Line Art</cite>, Volk (1969)

Staff Pick

Sponsor

“Be In” poster1967

Peter Max

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Live at the Village Vanguard by Elvin Jonesc. 1986

Contributed by Axl Gamez González

<cite>Live at the Village Vanguard</cite> by Elvin Jones

John Finnegan ice signc. 1910

unknown

Contributed by Briar Levit

Staff Pick

The Mismeasure of Man1981

Jay J. Smith

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

Sun’s

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Thelonious Monk - Misteriosoc. 1958

Paul Bacon

Contributed by Axl Gamez González

Thelonious Monk - <cite>Misterioso</cite>

Soulfood – Food & Music, Fat & Yummy album art2012

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Soulfood – Food & Music, Fat & Yummy </cite>album art

x-height, vol. 5, no. 11996

Mark van Bronkhorst

Contributed by Stephen Coles

The Byrds – “Eight Miles High” single cover (Sundazed)2017

John Sellards Design

Contributed by John Sellards

The Byrds – “Eight Miles High” single cover (Sundazed)

Staff Pick

that man loves1967

Corita Kent

Contributed by Stephen Coles

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

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

American Honey poster2016

Michael Bruce Ellis

Contributed by Love Lagerkvist

Lilly’s2020

unknown

Contributed by Dave Rowland

Grandma’s Perogies packagingc. 2015

Photo(s) on Flickr.

Wired – Jeff Beckc. 1976

John Berg
Edwin Lee
Robert Biro

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Löwen-Apotheke

Photo(s) by Florian Fecher on Flickr.

La Canette beer cans2020

une de mai
ForceTreize

Contributed by Une de mai studio

Piep de Muis – Piet Marée & Henk Kemp

Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter

<cite>Piep de Muis</cite> – Piet Marée & Henk Kemp

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

¡Tres Mosqueteros! mock movie poster2010

Chad Mazolla

Contributed by Nick Sherman

<cite>¡Tres Mosqueteros!</cite> mock movie poster

Larousse Gastronomique (Crown)1961

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Larousse Gastronomique</cite> (Crown)

Yodeling Slim Clark – Western Songs And Dances album artc. 1954

Lehner

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Yodeling Slim Clark – <cite>Western Songs And Dances</cite> album art

Cat stamps from Equatorial Guinea1978

Contributed by Nick Sherman

Aldous Huxley paperbacks, Harper & Row1972

Emanuel Schongut

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

The Oven by Sophie Goldstein2015

Contributed by Nick Sherman

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

Staff Pick

The Collected Tales of Nikolaï Gogol, Vintage Books1999

Barbara de Wilde

Photo(s) by Steve on Flickr.

<cite>The Collected Tales of Nikolaï Gogol</cite>, Vintage Books

Staff Pick

Ripe Bananas – Ready for Eating and Cookingc. 2017

Photo(s) by Joe Clark on Flickr.

Clip Books of Line Art, Volk (1972)1972

Harry Volk Jr. Art Studio

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

<cite>Clip Books of Line Art</cite>, Volk (1972)

Staff Pick

Themes for the “In” Crowd by Percy Faith1965

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<cite>Themes for the “In” Crowd</cite> by Percy Faith

Urban Wood Goods2020

Exhibea
Anna Mort
Rick Valicenti

Contributed by Exhibea

Ristorante Pizzeria Ca’ d’Oro

Contributed by Christopher Bergmann

Irma Serrano – El Disco de Oro de la “Tigresa” album art1978

Contributed by Nick Sherman

Irma Serrano – <cite>El Disco de Oro de la “Tigresa”</cite> album art

Galileo Magazine of Science & Fictionc. 1976

Tom Barber
Ron Miller
John Schoenherr

Contributed by Jarred Eberhardt

<cite>Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction</cite>

Staff Pick

Doctor Who Action Transfers by Letraset1976

Letraset

Contributed by Hee Jin

<cite>Doctor Who</cite> Action Transfers by Letraset

Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) graphicsc. 1969

Contributed by Owen Gardner

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice movie posters and soundtrack1969

Farmlett, Barsanti & Associates

Contributed by Nick Sherman

<cite>Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice</cite> movie posters and soundtrack

Wilh. Kramme Landwirtschaftsbedarf – Haushaltswaren

Photo(s) by lena truschel on Flickr.

Rogue In Space by Fredric Brown1971

unknown
Lou Feck

Contributed by Mathieu Triay

<cite>Rogue In Space</cite> by Fredric Brown

Staff Pick

The Devil’s Dictionary of Ambrose Bierce1958

Joseph Low

Contributed by Chris Purcell

<cite>The Devil’s Dictionary of Ambrose Bierce</cite>

Staff Pick

Songs Of The Humpback Whale album art1970

unknown

Contributed by Love Lagerkvist

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

“Big Lang at BYU” magazine illustration2017

Brigham Young University

Contributed by Darden Studio

The Wrong End of Time by John Brunner (DAW)c. 1973

Chris Foss
Rick Sternbach

Contributed by soundclamp

<cite>The Wrong End of Time</cite> by John Brunner (DAW)

Suck: First European Sex Paper, issues 1–8c. 1969

Willem de Ridder
Anthon Beeke

Contributed by Enid Stassyns

<cite>Suck: First European Sex Paper</cite>, issues 1–8

Staff Pick

Nuclear War: Opposing Viewpoints book cover1985

unknown

Contributed by Nick Sherman

<cite>Nuclear War: Opposing Viewpoints</cite> book cover

Clip Books of Line Art, Volk (1961)1961

Harry Volk Jr. Art Studio

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

<cite>Clip Books of Line Art</cite>, Volk (1961)

Pamoja Gallery poster1968

Bill Howell

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

Café Am Busbahnhof

Photo(s) by Kunst am Bau / DDR on Flickr.

Barbe à papa Cotton Candy

Photo(s) by Joe Clark on Flickr.

Children’s Jokes And Riddles album artc. 1965

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

<cite>Children’s Jokes And Riddles </cite>album art

Ulysses by James Joyce, Odyssey Press (1932)1932

Odyssey Press

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

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

Sir Wiggo of Kilburn2014

unknown

Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter

Jorge Elbrecht + Suoni Sognati, Le Zorba2019

Pauline Nuñez
Section26

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Jorge Elbrecht + Suoni Sognati, Le Zorba

Staff Pick

Arthur C. Clarke paperback series (Signet, 1981–1983)c. 1981

Vincent Di Fate
Paul Alexander
John Berkey

Contributed by Stephen Coles

<span>Arthur C. Clarke paperback series</span> (Signet, 1981–1983)

Staff Pick

Planet P – Planet P Project1983

Richard Seireeni
George Snow

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

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

Neil Diamond – Gold1970

John C. LePrevost

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

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