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    <title>Octic Extended in use</title>
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    <description>Octic Extended in use. A wide all-caps sans with chamfered edges, originally made in wood and shown by William H. Page &amp; Co in 1871.

Adopted for phototype by VGC in 1967, as part of the T.J. Lyons Antique Type Collection, Volume I. Comes with eroded alternates.

See MN Octic for a digital interpretation.</description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chuck Berry – Reelin’ and Rockin’ album art]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/54726/chuck-berry-reelin-and-rockin-album-art</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/54726/chuck-berry-reelin-and-rockin-album-art"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/197/196381/upto-700xauto/69b5a9d5/reelinrockin00berr_0000.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://archive.org/details/reelinrockin00berr" 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/154636/octic-extended"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/10/9772/440/4/624dd391/octic-extended.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/68/itc-lubalin-graph"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/1/68/400/4/6a1c0c2d/itc-lubalin-graph.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><cite>Reelin’ and Rockin’</cite> is an album by <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/tags/10461/chuck-berry" data-entity-code-id="10461" data-entity-code-type="Tag">Chuck Berry</a> (1926–2017) with a live recording from the early 1970s (Discogs suggests it’s from a performance at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival in 1969), released in 1984 on the British budget label Topline Records. It is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reelin%27_and_Rockin%27">a song</a> originally recorded in 1957 and released as the B-side of “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Little_Sixteen">Sweet Little Sixteen</a>”.</p>

<p>Berry’s name is set in VGC’s revival of <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/154636/octic-extended" data-entity-code-id="154636" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Octic Extended</a></strong>. The album title is handwritten. For the track list and Gordon Bennett’s liner notes, designer <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/designers/21950/yeldham-muchmore" data-entity-code-id="21950" data-entity-code-type="Designer">Yeldham Muchmore</a> specified <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/68/itc-lubalin-graph" data-entity-code-id="68" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">ITC Lubalin Graph</a></strong>.</p>

<p>[<a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/3567359-Chuck-Berry-Reelin-And-Rockin">More info on Discogs</a>]</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/54726/chuck-berry-reelin-and-rockin-album-art"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/197/196382/upto-700xauto/69b5a9d5/reelinrockin00berr_0001.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://archive.org/details/reelinrockin00berr" 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/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/54726/chuck-berry-reelin-and-rockin-album-art">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 14:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Florian Hardwig</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gordon Lightfoot – Sit Down Young Stranger album art]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/54347/gordon-lightfoot-sit-down-young-stranger-al-1</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/1316/avperth">Patrick Concannon</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/54347/gordon-lightfoot-sit-down-young-stranger-al-1"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/197/196374/upto-700xauto/69b5a9d5/il_1588xN-4860858389_bpxe.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1445878578/gordon-lightfoot-sit-down-young-stranger?show_sold_out_detail=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.etsy.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Front cover</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/154636/octic-extended"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/10/9772/440/4/624dd391/octic-extended.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/6789/craw-modern"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/15/6789/400/4/6910be8e/craw-modern.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>From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sit_Down_Young_Stranger">Wikipedia</a>:</p>

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<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sit_Down_Young_Stranger"><em>Sit Down Young Stranger</em></a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadians">Canadian</a> singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot">Gordon Lightfoot</a>'s fifth studio album and his best-selling original album. Shortly after its 1970 release on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprise_Records">Reprise Records</a> label, it was renamed <em>If You Could Read My Mind</em> when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_You_Could_Read_My_Mind">song of that title</a> reached #1 on the <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RPM_(magazine)">RPM</a></em> Top Singles chart in Canada and #5 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100"><em>Billboard</em> Hot 100</a> in the US. The album itself reached #12 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_200"><em>Billboard</em> 200</a> chart. In Canada, the album was on the charts from April 18, 1970, to November 27, 1971. It peaked at #8 on March 13, 1971 after an earlier peak at #12 on June 20, 1970. Its last 24 weeks were spent in the 90s, except for appearances at #88 and #100.</p>
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<p>The artist’s name and album titles are set in <strong><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/154636/Octic%20Extended">Octic Extended</a></strong>, using its eroded alternates. Catalog number is set in <strong><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/6789/Craw%20Modern">Craw Modern</a></strong>. Type on the back of the album cover is on an angle, with additional text set in <strong><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/3359/Optima">Optima</a></strong>.</p>

<p>Design and photography by Tom Wilkes and Barry Feinstein.</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/54347/gordon-lightfoot-sit-down-young-stranger-al-1"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/197/196375/upto-700xauto/69b5a9d5/lp_sit-down-young-stranger_gordon-lightfoot_0000.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://archive.org/details/lp_sit-down-young-stranger_gordon-lightfoot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">archive.org</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Front cover of the renamed release</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/54347/gordon-lightfoot-sit-down-young-stranger-al-1"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/197/196376/upto-700xauto/69b5a9d5/lp_sit-down-young-stranger_gordon-lightfoot_0001.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://archive.org/details/lp_sit-down-young-stranger_gordon-lightfoot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">archive.org</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Back cover of the renamed release</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/54347/gordon-lightfoot-sit-down-young-stranger-al-1">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 14:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Patrick Concannon</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ashes, Ashes by René Barjavel (Curtis Books)]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/51762/ashes-ashes-by-rene-barjavel-curtis-books</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/51762/ashes-ashes-by-rene-barjavel-curtis-books"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/197/196408/upto-700xauto/69b5a9d5/Ashes,%20Ashes.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.biblio.com/book/ashes-ashes-rene-barjavel/d/1462011861?aid=frg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.biblio.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">jonny8books (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/154636/octic-extended"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/10/9772/440/4/624dd391/octic-extended.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/48579/trade-gothic-extended"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/314/48579/400/4/6a37ff86/trade-gothic-extended.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/31705/akzidenz-grotesk-condensed"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/1/895/440/4/570e2072/akzidenz-grotesk-condensed.png"/></a><br/><br/><blockquote>
<p>The year is 2052: Two young lovers flee for their lives as Doomsday descends upon Earth. “Savage … graphic”<span class="nbsp">&nbsp;</span>—<span class="nbsp">&nbsp;</span>Library Journal</p>

<p>“Bloated bodies, bat attacks, fire, famine. Dateline: Paris, 2052 … an impressive landscape of horror” — Virginia Kirkus, Bookshop Service</p>
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<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashes,_Ashes"><cite>Ashes, Ashes</cite></a> is a science fiction novel written by French author <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Barjavel">René Barjavel</a> (1911–1985). It was first published in 1943 by Éditions Denoël under the title <cite>Ravage</cite>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_Knight">Damon Knight</a> provided the English translation. This mass market paperback was published in 1969 by Curtis Books, an imprint of the Modern Literary Editions Publishing Company, New York, in arrangement with Doubleday &amp; Company.</p>

<p>The extrawide octogonal caps used for the title are from <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/154636/octic-extended" data-entity-code-id="154636" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Octic Extended</a></strong>. Originally made in wood and shown by <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/foundry/1897/william-h-page-and-co" data-entity-code-id="1897" data-entity-code-type="Foundry">William H. Page & Co</a> in 1871, the design was adopted for phototype by VGC in 1967, as part of the T.J. Lyons Antique Type Collection, Volume I.</p>

<p>The sans used for the smaller text is Linotype’s <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/48579/trade-gothic-extended" data-entity-code-id="48579" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Trade Gothic Extended</a></strong>. It’s distinguished from Intertype’s <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/97517/news-gothic-extended" data-entity-code-id="97517" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">News Gothic Extended</a> by a few small details, like the design of the numerals <strong>2</strong> and <strong>5</strong> in the bold weight. The blurb on the back cover is set in <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/31705/akzidenz-grotesk-condensed" data-entity-code-id="31705" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Akzidenz-Grotesk extra</a></strong>.</p>

<p>[<a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?194941">More info on ISFDB</a>]</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/51762/ashes-ashes-by-rene-barjavel-curtis-books"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/197/196409/upto-700xauto/69b5a9d5/Ashes,%20Ashes%20back.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.biblio.com/book/ashes-ashes-rene-barjavel/d/1462011861?aid=frg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.biblio.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">jonny8books (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/51762/ashes-ashes-by-rene-barjavel-curtis-books">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2023 14:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Florian Hardwig</author>
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