<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>Push Pin Myopic in use</title>
    <link>https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/132628/push-pin-myopic</link>
    <description>Push Pin Myopic in use. Designed by Seymour Chwast in 1971 [Seymour Chwast Archive] and released through Photo-Lettering. Shown in their One Line catalog (1971) as Push Pin Myopic, in four variants; solid, Open A (outlined), Open B (outlined, SE double), and Open C (outlined, SE quadruple; shown). Unlike the sample may suggest, all variants come with a lowercase.</description>
    <atom:link xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/132628/push-pin-myopic.rss" type="application/rss+xml" rel="self"/>
    <language>en</language>
    <copyright>Copyright 2026 , FontsInUse.com LLC</copyright>
    <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
    <lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:49:14 +0000</lastBuildDate>
    <ttl>3600</ttl>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Vibrations from the United States Air Force album art]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/35880/vibrations-from-the-united-states-air-force-a</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/35880/vibrations-from-the-united-states-air-force-a"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/124/123051/upto-700xauto/69b55fcd/Vibrations-From-The-United-States-Air-Force.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vibrations-from-the-USAF-Aug-1972-Vinyl-Bread-Blood-Sweat-Tears-Bread/114458056298" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.ebay.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/132628/push-pin-myopic"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/7/6853/440/4/641f4ebd/push-pin-myopic.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/10456/vogue"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/2/1575/440/4/5ee3e2bc/vogue.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/303/news-gothic"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/1/303/400/4/6a57a77a/news-gothic.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><cite>Vibrations</cite> is the title of a United States Air Force public service program. The Directorate of Advertising, USAF Recruiting Service, produced at least ten vinyl albums, with music by various popular artists accompanied by ads by the Air Force, and sent them to radio stations. They were made around 1972 to 1973, at a time when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_the_Vietnam_War">U.S. forces were withdrawing</a> from the disastrous Vietnam War, apparently with the motivation to polish up the image of military service among America’s youth.</p>

<p>Discogs has cataloged<br />
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/13832518-Various-Vibrations-From-The-United-States-Air-Force">#1</a> ft. Blood, Sweat &amp; Tears, Bread, Roberta Flack, Kris Kristofferson, Aug. 1972<br />
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/13834598-Various-Vibrations-From-The-United-States-Air-Force">#2</a> ft. Kenny Rogers &amp; The First Edition, Procol Harum, James Brown, Mother Earth, Sep. 1972<br />
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/13851221-Tommy-James-Emerson-Lake-Palmer-Rare-Earth-Fanny-Vibrations-From-The-United-States-Air-Force">#3</a> ft. Tommy James, Emerson, Lake &amp; Palmer, Rare Earth, Fanny, Oct. 1972<br />
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/13834176-Various-Vibrations-From-The-United-States-Air-Force">#4</a> ft. Don McLean, Jimmy Castor, Argent, Al Green, Nov. 1972<br />
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/13851220-Harry-Chapin-America-2-Unknown-Artist-Unknown-Artist-Vibrations-From-The-United-States-Air-Force">#5</a> ft. Harry Chapin, America, et al., Dec. 1972<br />
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/13851218-Jim-Croce-Luther-Ingram-Unknown-Artist-Unknown-Artist-Vibrations-From-The-United-States-Air-Force">#6</a> ft. Jim Croce, Luther Ingram et al., Jan. 1973<br />
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/13834595-Various-Vibrations-From-The-United-States-Air-Force">#7</a> ft. Raspberries, Johnny Nash, Gallery, Casey Kelly, Feb. 1973<br />
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/8825458-Various-Vibrations-From-The-United-States-Air-Force">#8</a> ft. Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, Lou Reed, Earth, Wind &amp; Fire, March 1973<br />
<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/13209831-Uriah-Heep-Trapeze-Vibrations">#9</a> ft. Uriah Heep and Trapeze, April 1973<br />
… and <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/10674944-Various-Vibrations">an undated sampler</a>.</p>

<p>The cover design is the same for all releases. It features a trendy colorful illustration (uncredited) of some of the featured bands and artists. The title is set on a curve, in <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/132628/push-pin-myopic" data-entity-code-id="132628" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Push Pin Myopic</a></strong> (<a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/foundry/130/photo-lettering" data-entity-code-id="130" data-entity-code-type="Foundry">Photo-Lettering</a>, 1971), and in particular its Open C style which consists of four outlined layers. The top one was filled in. The result is similar to another PLINC face, <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/105568/montgomery-pousse-cafe" data-entity-code-id="105568" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Montgomery Pousse Cafe</a> B, which is solid with a triple open shadow.</p>

<p>Myopic is credited to <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/type_designers/1324/seymour-chwast" data-entity-code-id="1324" data-entity-code-type="TypeDesigner">Seymour Chwast</a>. Chwast is <a href="https://societyillustrators.org/exhibitions/seymour-chwast-on-war/">a lifelong and outspoken opponent of war</a>. It’s hard to imagine he approved of this use of his typeface design.</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/35880/vibrations-from-the-united-states-air-force-a"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/124/123052/upto-700xauto/69b55fcd/Vibrations-From-The-United-States-Air-Force-back.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vibrations-from-the-USAF-Aug-1972-Vinyl-Bread-Blood-Sweat-Tears-Bread/114458056298" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.ebay.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/35880/vibrations-from-the-united-states-air-force-a"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/124/123053/upto-700xauto/69b55fcd/Vibrations-label.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.discogs.com/Various-Vibrations-From-The-United-States-Air-Force/release/8825458" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.discogs.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>The record labels have a hand-rendered version of the logo in Myopic. “United States Air Force” is in <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/10456/vogue" data-entity-code-id="10456" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Vogue</a> Medium Condensed</strong>. The small type appears to be <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/303/news-gothic" data-entity-code-id="303" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">News Gothic</a></strong> or similar.</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/35880/vibrations-from-the-united-states-air-force-a">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
      <guid>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/35880/vibrations-from-the-united-states-air-force-a</guid>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2023 17:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Florian Hardwig</author>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Sha Na Na – Sha Na Na Is Here to Stay album art]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/49142/sha-na-na-sha-na-na-is-here-to-stay-album-art</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/23955/curtiseg">Curtis E. Gardner</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/49142/sha-na-na-sha-na-na-is-here-to-stay-album-art"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/173/172106/upto-700xauto/69b58edf/Sha%20Na%20Na.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://spatulacityrecords.com/sha-na-na-sha-na-na-is-here-to-stay-vinyl-record-lp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spatulacityrecords.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Spatula City Records (edited)</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/132628/push-pin-myopic"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/7/6853/440/4/641f4ebd/push-pin-myopic.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/3359/optima"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/4/3359/400/4/6a48d987/optima.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><cite>Sha Na Na Is Here to Stay</cite> is a compilation album by revival/nostalgia musical group Sha Na Na, released by <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/tags/7508/buddah-records">Buddah Records</a> in 1977.</p>

<p>On the front cover, the band’s name and album title are variants of Seymour Chwast’s <strong><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/132628/push-pin-myopic">Push Pin Myopic</a></strong>, with the Open C variant used for “Sha Na Na” and the solid variant used for “Is Here to Stay”. Both are set in all caps with the album title styled as a faux-italic.</p>

<p>On the back cover, the track titles are set in various weights of Hermann Zapf’s <strong><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/3359/optima">Optima</a></strong>.</p>

<p>Formed in New York City in 1969, Sha Na Na gained notoriety after appearing as the counter-counterculture doo-wop group at the Woodstock Music Festival, performing before Jimi Hendrix, who, according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sha_Na_Na">Wikipedia</a>, recommended Sha Na Na for the gig.</p>

<p>Wikipedia also credits their appearance in the 1970 Woodstock <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_(film)">documentary</a> with inspiring the 1950s musical revival that was popular during the 1970s:</p>

<blockquote>
<p>Subsequently, the inclusion of their performance of “At the Hop” in Michael Wadleigh’s award-winning documentary film of the [Woodstock] festival made Sha Na Na nationally famous and helped spark a 1950s nostalgia craze that inspired similar groups (Flash Cadillac, Showaddywaddy, Big Daddy), as well as the Broadway musical Grease (and its feature film adaptation), the feature film American Graffiti and the TV show Happy Days.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>[<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/4345930-Sha-Na-Na-Sha-Na-Na-Is-Here-To-Stay">More info on Discogs</a>]</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/49142/sha-na-na-sha-na-na-is-here-to-stay-album-art"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/173/172105/upto-700xauto/69b58edf/Sha%20Na%20Na%281%29.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://spatulacityrecords.com/sha-na-na-sha-na-na-is-here-to-stay-vinyl-record-lp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spatulacityrecords.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Spatula City Records (edited)</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/49142/sha-na-na-sha-na-na-is-here-to-stay-album-art">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
      <guid>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/49142/sha-na-na-sha-na-na-is-here-to-stay-album-art</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 17:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Curtis E. Gardner</author>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title><![CDATA[Understanding Mu by Hans Stefan Santesson
(Paperback Library, 1972)]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/42163/understanding-mu-by-hans-stefan-santesson-pap</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/42163/understanding-mu-by-hans-stefan-santesson-pap"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/147/146044/upto-700xauto/69b57614/30628467668.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30628467668" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">DP Paperbacks and Antiquarian Books</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/132628/push-pin-myopic"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/7/6853/440/4/641f4ebd/push-pin-myopic.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/7603/haas-inserat-grotesk-neue-aurora-viii"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/1/956/440/4/5fdfd1a5/haas-inserat-grotesk-neue-aurora-viii.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/1591/alternate-gothic"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/2/1591/400/4/6a247a01/alternate-gothic.png"/></a><br/><br/><p>An early use of <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/132628/push-pin-myopic" data-entity-code-id="132628" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Push Pin Myopic</a></strong>, for the second printing of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Stefan_Santesson">Hans Stefan Santesson</a>’s <cite>Understanding Mu</cite> (1970) from 1972. Designed by <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/type_designers/1324/seymour-chwast" data-entity-code-id="1324" data-entity-code-type="TypeDesigner">Seymour Chwast</a> in 1971, it was added the same year to the catalog of <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/sets/4237/photo-lettering-inc">Photo-Lettering, Inc.</a> Used here is the Open C style. It consists of four outlined layers which have been filled in different colors.</p>

<p>The cover illustration with a very 1970s rendering of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_and_Eve">Adam and Eve</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_the_knowledge_of_good_and_evil">tree of the knowledge of good and evil</a> is signed, but I can’t decipher the name – Michal?</p>

<p>From the back cover:</p>

<blockquote>
<p>In the 19th century, as a young officer in the British army, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Churchward">James Churchward</a> studied under an Indian rishi who taught him the language of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(mythical_lost_continent)">Mu</a>, the fabled lost continent of the Pacific. Churchward devoted the rest of his life to learning everything he could about Mu, which he called “the cradle of humanity.” Mu developed into a super-civilization with an unsurpassed technology and colonized the rest of the world – which then included Atlantis. Suddenly, 12,000 years ago, torn by volcanic upheavals, Mu disappeared forever beneath the Pacific Ocean. Now, for the hundreds of thousands of readers of the “Mu” books, Hans Stefan Santesson, expert on ancient civilizations, summarizes and explains Churchward’s extraordinary theories. For those previously unacquainted with Mu, here is your passport to the mysterious primitive land whose culture and civilization was more advanced than our own!</p>
</blockquote>

<p>[<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?781413">More info on ISFDB</a>]</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/42163/understanding-mu-by-hans-stefan-santesson-pap"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/147/146045/upto-700xauto/69b57614/30628467668_2.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30628467668" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">DP Paperbacks and Antiquarian Books</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/42163/understanding-mu-by-hans-stefan-santesson-pap">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
      <guid>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/42163/understanding-mu-by-hans-stefan-santesson-pap</guid>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 17:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Florian Hardwig</author>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>
