A capital alphabet, drawn by Walter Haettenschweiler and
reproduced in Lettera 2 (1961, without ‘L’ nor
accents) as Lettre Coupé. “A cut-out type
with a splash effect but requiring to be freshly adapted to each
word picture.” [Lettera 2]
Made into a film typeface by Lettergraphics as Black Casual, with
opened counters for ‘ABP’ and some added punctuation (comma,
ampersand, question mark). [1969 specimen] Available in London via
Conways, initially as Black Casual [1974 poster] and
later as Bloop. [undated specimen]
See Jason Walcott’s Block Party (2005, used for sample here),
Gerald Gallo’s Display Black Serif (2010) and
Display Black Serif Rough (2015),
Billy Argel’s Cubika Script (2017, distressed), as well
as Toto G.’s Sabbath More…
A capital alphabet, drawn by Walter Haettenschweiler and reproduced in Lettera 2 (1961, without ‘L’ nor accents) as Lettre Coupé. “A cut-out type with a splash effect but requiring to be freshly adapted to each word picture.” [Lettera 2]
Made into a film typeface by Lettergraphics as Black Casual, with opened counters for ‘ABP’ and some added punctuation (comma, ampersand, question mark). [1969 specimen] Available in London via Conways, initially as Black Casual [1974 poster] and later as Bloop. [undated specimen]
See Jason Walcott’s Block Party (2005, used for sample here), Gerald Gallo’s Display Black Serif (2010) and Display Black Serif Rough (2015), Billy Argel’s Cubika Script (2017, distressed), as well as Toto G.’s Sabbath Paranoid (2018) for digital interpretations. The latter is shown by Fontastique Faces as Black Bloop, with K22 credits. [2022 showing]
