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      <title><![CDATA[The Different Drum  by M. Scott Peck ]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/51719/the-different-drum-by-m-scott-peck</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/51719/the-different-drum-by-m-scott-peck"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/184/183005/upto-700xauto/63dd420a/The%20Different%20Drum.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://archive.org/details/differentdrumcom00peck/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">archive.org</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Internet Archive</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/1907/itc-serif-gothic"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/2/1907/400/4/69ad99dc/itc-serif-gothic.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/1907/itc-serif-gothic" data-entity-code-id="1907" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">ITC Serif Gothic</a></strong> with the tight spacing that’s so typical for the <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/tags/401/1980s" data-entity-code-id="401" data-entity-code-type="Tag">1980s</a> and various <a href="https://twitter.com/lubalincenter/status/1475490759671431169">alternate glyphs</a> including the angled <strong>e</strong>, the descending <strong>f</strong>, and the uncial <strong>E</strong>. The descending <strong>t</strong> is customized.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Different-Drum/M-Scott-Peck/9780684848587"><cite>The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace</cite></a> (<a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/tags/5213/touchstone" data-entity-code-id="5213" data-entity-code-type="Tag">Touchstone</a>, 1987) is a book by psychiatrist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Scott_Peck">Morgan Scott Peck</a> (1936–2005) who is best known for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Scott_Peck#The_Road_Less_Traveled"><em>The Road Less Traveled</em></a> from 1978.</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/51719/the-different-drum-by-m-scott-peck">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2023 14:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Florian Hardwig</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Forest People by Colin M. Turnbull (Touchstone, 1962)]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/37895/the-forest-people-by-colin-m-turnbull-touchst</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/23110/judge-the-cover">Ezra Fike</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/37895/the-forest-people-by-colin-m-turnbull-touchst"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/131/130110/upto-700xauto/5ff73c01/Frame%201456.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><span><span class="fiu-attribution__is-own">Photo:&nbsp;<a href="https://fontsinuse.com/contributors/23110/judge-the-cover">Ezra Fike</a></span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/76/akzidenz-grotesk"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/1/894/440/4/570e2072/akzidenz-grotesk.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forest_People"><cite>The Forest People</cite></a> is an ethnographic study of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbuti_people">Mbuti</a> pygmies in the African Congo region, authored by the British-American anthropologist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Turnbull">Colin M. Turnbull</a> (1924–1994). <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22876962792&amp;searchurl=fe%3Don%26kn%3D%2522The%2BForest%2BPeople%2522%26pics%3Don%26sortby%3D17&amp;cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title1">First published</a> by Simon and Schuster in 1961, this is the <a href="http://archive.org/details/forestpeople200turn/mode/2up">paperback edition</a>, issued in 1962 in their Touchstone imprint. The cover was designed by <a href="http://fontsinuse.com/designers/1011/j-m-condon">John and Mary Condon</a>, using tightly spaced <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/76/akzidenz-grotesk" data-entity-code-id="76" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Akzidenz-Grotesk</a></strong> against a posterized photograph printed in green and black.</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/37895/the-forest-people-by-colin-m-turnbull-touchst"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/131/130111/upto-700xauto/5ff72efa/Frame%201457.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><span><span class="fiu-attribution__is-own">Photo:&nbsp;<a href="https://fontsinuse.com/contributors/23110/judge-the-cover">Ezra Fike</a></span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/37895/the-forest-people-by-colin-m-turnbull-touchst">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2021 20:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Ezra Fike</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/6532/desert-solitaire-by-edward-abbey</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/2323/erin-ellis">Erin Ellis</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/6532/desert-solitaire-by-edward-abbey"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/use-media/19684/upto-700xauto/5670330d/1/jpeg/desertsolitaire.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><span><span class="fiu-attribution__is-own">Photo:&nbsp;<a href="https://fontsinuse.com/contributors/2323/erin-ellis">Erin Ellis</a></span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/31517/solitaire"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/1/762/440/4/570e205e/solitaire.png"/></a><br/><br/><p>
	Copyright 1968 by Edward Abbey. A Touchstone Book, published by Simon and Schuster, reprinted by arrangement with the McGraw-Hill Book Company</p>
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	Illustrations by Peter Parnall. The liner notes don’t specify the cover illustration (which is different from the inner illustrations) but it does look like <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/nuttyintrinsic/peter-parnall/">his other work</a> so I think it's safe to say it's his as well.&nbsp;</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/6532/desert-solitaire-by-edward-abbey">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2014 10:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Erin Ellis</author>
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