Générale

Fonderie Générale (Paris, 1834/37–1912) was a predecessor to Peignot & Cie. [Hugill-Fontanel] Lineage includes Didot, Molé, E. Tarbé, Biesta & Laboulaye, René. [Type Heritage, Letterform Archive] For the final period (1873–1912), see Beaudoire.

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Rosko – “Peacemaker” single cover1973

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Rosko – “Peacemaker” single cover

Starline – 16 Top Hits album series1974

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Starline – <cite>16 Top Hits </cite>album series

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? soundtrack album art1969

unknown
Robert Tanenbaum

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

<cite>Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?</cite> soundtrack album art

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20 Original Hits album artc. 1962

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

<cite>20 Original Hits</cite> album art

Burning Spear – Man in the Hills album art1976

Neville Garrick

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Burning Spear – <cite>Man in the Hills</cite> album art

Winter Market at Madeleine Café2024

Arnaud Aubry

Contributed by Arnaud Aubry

Winter Market at Madeleine Café

Once Upon a Time in the West movie posters1969

Frank McCarthy

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Once Upon a Time in the West</cite> movie posters

Pre-Menstrual Tension by Judy Lever, Bantam edition1982

Roberta Rezk

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Pre-Menstrual Tension</cite> by Judy Lever, Bantam edition

“Les distractions de la semaine” in Vu magazine1928

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

“Les distractions de la semaine” in <cite>Vu</cite> magazine

The Beach Boys – Beach Boys’ Party! album art1965

unknown

Contributed by Robby Rhodes

The Beach Boys – <cite>Beach Boys’ Party!</cite> album art

New Commute Top 5 Albums of 20242024

Connor Mikita
Great Indoors

Contributed by Connor Mikita

New Commute Top 5 Albums of 2024

Teatar &TD logo and posters (1970–1973)c. 1970

Mihajlo Arsovski

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

The Main Attraction – And Now the Main Attraction album art1968

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

The Main Attraction – <cite>And Now the Main Attraction</cite> album art

London on Wheels exhibition booklet1953

Shenval Press

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

<cite>London on Wheels</cite> exhibition booklet

Enter the Void title sequence2009

Tom Kan

Contributed by Pedro Teles

<cite>Enter the Void</cite> title sequence

Rosey Grier’s Needlepoint for Men 1973

Barbara Huntley

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Rosey Grier’s Needlepoint for Men </cite>

The Soft Machine – The Soft Machine (Barclay) album art1968

Claude Caudron

Photo(s) by Klaus Hiltscher on Flickr.

The Soft Machine – <cite>The Soft Machine</cite> (Barclay) album art

The New Town of Stevenage1949

Shenval Press

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

<cite>The New Town of Stevenage</cite>

Aretha Franklin – Soul ’69 album art1969

Loring Eutemey

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<span>Aretha Franklin – <cite>Soul ’69</cite> album art</span>

Bee Gees – Horizontal US album cover1968

unknown

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Bee Gees – <cite>Horizontal</cite> US album cover

Ennio Morricone – “À l’aube du 5eme jour” French single cover1973

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Ennio Morricone – “<span>À l’aube du 5eme jour</span>” French single cover

The Limelight Strings – The Sound of Jerome Kern. All The Things You Are album artc. 1969

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

The Limelight Strings – <cite>The Sound of Jerome Kern. All The Things You Are</cite> album art

Ike & Tina Turner – Outta Season1968

Tom Wilkes

Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter

Ike & Tina Turner – <cite>Outta Season</cite>

If the Stars Are Gods by Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund1977

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>If the Stars Are Gods</cite> by Gregory Benford & <span>Gordon Eklund</span>

The Tailors’ Guide1856

unknown

Contributed by Calvin Yoder

<cite>The Tailors’ Guide</cite>

Manifestoes of Surrealism by André Breton, paperback edition1972

Quentin Fiore

Contributed by Benjamin Shaykin

<cite>Manifestoes of Surrealism</cite> by André Breton, paperback edition

Sly & The Family Stone – Stand! album art1969

Richard Mantel

Contributed by Rob Hudson

Sly & The Family Stone – <cite>Stand!</cite> album art

Accolade Catalog ’91c. 1991

unknown

Contributed by Curtis E. Gardner

<cite>Accolade Catalog ’91</cite>

‘Mac’ Gant and His Tennessee Dew Drops –Square Dance Party (with Instructions and Calls) album art1962

Will Dressler

Contributed by Bryson Stohr

<span>‘Mac’ Gant and His Tennessee Dew Drops –</span> <cite>Square Dance Party (with Instructions and Calls)</cite> album art

Ferrari – “Monza” / “Sandy” Dutch single cover1976

unknown

Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff

Ferrari – “Monza” / “Sandy” Dutch single cover

Le que suis-je … et le qui es-tu by Simon Durville (Stock, 1972)1972

Pierre Faucheux

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Le que suis-je … et le qui es-tu</cite> by Simon Durville (Stock, 1972)

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob2018

Rachel Ake

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations</cite> by Mira Jacob

Das Reich der Sonne by J.G. Ballard (Bertelsmann Club)c. 1987

Warner Bros.

Photo(s) by Fonts In Use Staff on Flickr.

<cite>Das Reich der Sonne</cite> by J.G. Ballard (Bertelsmann Club)

Healthy Happy Holy by Leo R. Van Dolson/J. Robert Spangler1975

Helcio Deslandes

Contributed by Owen Gardner

<cite>Healthy Happy Holy</cite> by Leo R. Van Dolson/J. Robert Spangler

Franklin: America’s “Lost State” by Noel B. Gerson1968

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Franklin: America’s “Lost State”</cite> by Noel B. Gerson

Stone the Crows – Stone the Crows album art1970

David Juniper

Photo(s) by Klaus Hiltscher on Flickr.

Stone the Crows – <cite>Stone the Crows</cite> album art

Astrological Revelations About You by Sydney Omarr1969

John Alcorn

Contributed by Jen Hood

<cite>Astrological Revelations About You</cite> by Sydney Omarr

Don Ho & the Aliis album art1968

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

<cite>Don Ho & the Aliis </cite>album art

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Rapp & Whiting, 1969)1969

Lawrence Edwards

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?</cite> by Philip K. Dick (Rapp & Whiting, 1969)

A Science Fiction Argosy by Damon Knight (Gollancz)1973

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>A Science Fiction Argosy</cite> by Damon Knight (Gollancz)

‘Slim’ Boyd – A Tribute To Hank Williams album art1962

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

‘Slim’ Boyd – <cite>A Tribute To Hank Williams</cite> album art

The Young Generation – The Young Generation album artc. 1969

Roy Curtis-Bramwell

Contributed by Christopher Bentley

The Young Generation – <cite>The Young Generation</cite> album art

4. Katalanisches Filmwochenende poster2020

Victor Wendl

Contributed by Victor Wendl

4. Katalanisches Filmwochenende poster

Body stickersc. 1972

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Sitting Bull Monument billboard, Route 1806, Mobridge, South Dakotac. 1987

unknown

Photo(s) by The Library of Congress on Flickr.

Sitting Bull Monument billboard, Route 1806, Mobridge, South Dakota

Lennon / Plastic Ono Band – Shaved Fish album art1975

Roy Kohara
Michael Bryan

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Lennon / Plastic Ono Band – <cite>Shaved Fish</cite> album art

Judson’s Restaurant 1853 à la carte menu1853

unknown

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Judson’s Restaurant 1853 à la carte menu

Sparks – “Get In The Swing” / “Profile” French single cover1975

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Pelo magazine logo and covers (1970–2001)c. 1970

Juan Bernardo Arruabarrena
Juan Carlos Piña

Contributed by Felix Nic

WBFO “FM 88” bumper stickerc. 1977

unknown

Contributed by Ryan Brotherston

WBFO “FM 88” bumper sticker

Histoire et légende du Grand Monarque by Eric Muraise1978

Atelier Pascal Vercken

Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff

<cite>Histoire et légende du Grand Monarque</cite> by Eric Muraise

Book of the City of Dreams, Vol. I2020

Connor Dinnison

Contributed by Connor Dinnison

<cite>Book of the City of Dreams, Vol. I</cite>

Jacob K. Javits U.S. 1968 Senatorial campaignc. 1968

Milton Glaser
Jason McWhorter

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Jacob K. Javits U.S. 1968 Senatorial campaign

Lettres de mon moulin by Alphonse Daudet (Garnier Flammarion)c. 1972

Patrick Courivaud

Photo(s) by Alexis Orloff on Flickr.

<cite>Lettres de mon moulin</cite> by Alphonse Daudet (Garnier Flammarion)

The History of Ink, Including Its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography1860

Thaddeus Davids & Co.

Contributed by David Jonathan Ross

<cite>The History of Ink, Including Its Etymology, Chemistry, and Bibliography</cite>

Various Artists – Bethlehem’s Grab Bag album art1957

Tom Hannan

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Various Artists – <cite>Bethlehem’s Grab Bag</cite> album art

Thirteen O’Clock and Other Zero Hours by Cyril M. Kornbluth1970

unknown

Contributed by Garrison Martin

<cite>Thirteen O’Clock and Other Zero Hours</cite> by Cyril M. Kornbluth

ABBA – Ring Ring album era (1972–1973)c. 1972

unknown
Peter Wiking

Contributed by Alex Bury

ABBA – <cite>Ring Ring</cite> album era (1972–1973)

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

unknown

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam flyers and posters

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