Gonzales
Jeanette is shown in Photo-Lettering, Inc.’s 1967
Alphabet Yearbook), credited to Francisco Gonzales. The
differences are most pronounced in some of the capitals.
A very similar design is shown as Brandywine
in a 1968 Lettergraphics catalog and in their
New LetterGraphics Styles 1969. Also shown in
Phil’s Photo’s Homage to the Alphabet (1985) and, as
Liquor,
in an undated FotoStar catalog, both times with several alternates
(for ‘GIOSrsz&’). It is not clear which came first.
Elvira Slysh created
Astron, a digital version based on Brandywine
including Cyrillics (ParaType/ParaGraph, 1991). In Astron,
the letters don’t join up. There is also a limited freebie by
Richard William Mueller, Brandy Script (1993). Bob
Alonso’s Lorraine More…
Gonzales Jeanette is shown in Photo-Lettering, Inc.’s 1967 Alphabet Yearbook), credited to Francisco Gonzales. The differences are most pronounced in some of the capitals.
A very similar design is shown as Brandywine in a 1968 Lettergraphics catalog and in their New LetterGraphics Styles 1969. Also shown in Phil’s Photo’s Homage to the Alphabet (1985) and, as Liquor, in an undated FotoStar catalog, both times with several alternates (for ‘GIOSrsz&’). It is not clear which came first.
Elvira Slysh created Astron, a digital version based on Brandywine including Cyrillics (ParaType/ParaGraph, 1991). In Astron, the letters don’t join up. There is also a limited freebie by Richard William Mueller, Brandy Script (1993). Bob Alonso’s Lorraine Script (2000) is based on Gonzales Jeanette.
Homage to the Alphabet shows a Brandywine Bold which also goes under the names Gaston and Charade.
