Ribbonette in use https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/151558/ribbonette Ribbonette in use. A Victorian face with letterforms shown with perspective effect on a banner. No lowercase, but with decorative end pieces. Origin unknown. Caslon’s Scroll (1850) employs the same concept, but has lighter letterforms with more contrast. [Gray 1976] Formatt’s version for dry transfer lettering is named Banner. [1974 catalog] Phototype versions as Ribbonette shown by Lettergraphics (1976), Castcraft (1978), and Solotype. Banner as shown in a Face catalog follows the same concept with slightly different letterforms. Various digitizations including Archive Ribbon (Archive Type, 2005), Aridi80, and Ribbons (WSI, 1992, low-quality). Pretoria Gross (Intellecta, 2009) has a Ribbon style that applies the concept to the letterforms of Pretorian. See also Banner Year NF (Nick’s Fonts, 2010). en Copyright 2026 , FontsInUse.com LLC Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:47:20 +0000 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:47:20 +0000 3600 <![CDATA[Kenny Rogers – The Gambler album art]]> https://fontsinuse.com/uses/36979/kenny-rogers-the-gambler-album-art

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The Gambler is the sixth studio album by Kenny Rogers (1938–2020), opening up with his signature song of the same title. Released by United Artists in December 1978, the album has sold over 35 million copies.

The cover design features two decorative typefaces with roots in the 19th century. “Kenny Rogers” and “Gambler” are set in Gardenia (with faux small caps), connected by a catchword of unknown origin. Gardenia is shown in VGC’s 1972 catalog as part of the T.J. Lyons collection, and also in Dan X. Solo’s Victorian Display Alphabets (Dover, 1976) According to WhatTheFont contributor philippedada, the ornamented Clarendon is based on an alphabet shown in Joseph-Balthazar Silvestre’s Alphabet-Album from 1843. It’s not included in this digitized edition, though. The note “Color poster inside” at the bottom uses Ribbonette. This fancy face was likewise available from Solotype, and also from Lettergraphics, among others.

Art direction and design by Bill Burke, with photography by Reid Miles.

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Nice blend of Victorian (and Victorian-inspired) typefaces on this album cover designed by Everton Mead in 1976, in Kingston, Jamaica.

The cover blends Bottleneck (inspired by Seymour Chwast’s Art Tone), Compacta, Davida, and Ribbonette, all of which were most likely photographically set.

King Tubby was a legendary pioneer of the Dub genre of music, a precursor to a lot of later electronic music production.

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The typography on the back cover is in Times New Roman, with roman caps for the track list and italics for the credits.



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