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    <title>Filmotype Omaha in use</title>
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    <description>Filmotype Omaha in use. Made by Filmotype in the early 1960s. Maxwell is a wider and bolder style, Mason is narrow and bold, while Newton is extrabold. Copied by VGC as M-15 [VGC 1969], by Lettergraphics as 58-2 OM [Lettergraphics 1976], and by Typeshop as Masonia. [Typeshop c.1977]

Photoscript showed Omaha as Mason and vice versa [Photoscript 1968].</description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things movie poster]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/63849/children-shouldn-t-play-with-dead-things-movi</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/45125/omegapc777">Bryson Stohr</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/63849/children-shouldn-t-play-with-dead-things-movi"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/239/238485/upto-700xauto/69b5e912/MV5BM2RhMDE0ZjYtY2ExOS00ZWVhLTgzZTItMGNiNmEyMWI3MWUxXkEyXkFqcGc%2540-_V1_.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0068370/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">m.imdb.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/126972/filmotype-mason"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/11/10111/440/4/62b9a4b3/filmotype-mason.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/161117/filmotype-omaha"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/12/11263/440/4/6403d998/filmotype-omaha.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/33/trade-gothic"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/1/33/400/4/6a2a9c93/trade-gothic.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/247766/hand-lettering-3131-3137"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/18/17782/440/4/69a458a9/hand-lettering-3131-3137.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_Shouldn%27t_Play_with_Dead_Things"><cite>Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things</cite></a> is a 1972 B movie directed by Bob Clark, here credited as Benjamin Clark.</p>

<p>The interlocking face used for the title of the movie is a bloodied <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/126972/filmotype-mason" data-entity-code-id="126972" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Filmotype Mason</a></strong>. Secondary typefaces include the lighter <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/161117/filmotype-omaha" data-entity-code-id="161117" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Filmotype Omaha</a></strong>, what looks like <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/33/trade-gothic" data-entity-code-id="33" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Trade Gothic</a></strong> (or, perhaps, <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>), and a casual italic face.</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/63849/children-shouldn-t-play-with-dead-things-movi">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Bryson Stohr</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[Volk Art Studio vacation notice 1963]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/40810/volk-art-studio-vacation-notice-1963</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo(s)  by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.<br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/40810/volk-art-studio-vacation-notice-1963"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/141/140898/upto-700xauto/69b5714e/51246250454_18d6fd6067_3k.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bartsol/51246250454/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.flickr.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Uploaded to Flickr by Bart Solenthaler and tagged with “filmotypeomaha”</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/161117/filmotype-omaha"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/12/11263/440/4/6403d998/filmotype-omaha.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/32015/futura-extra-bold"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/6/5374/440/4/5c5d6108/futura-extra-bold.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/74745/futura-condensed"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/87/74745/400/4/69f7aa7a/futura-condensed.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/161117/filmotype-omaha" data-entity-code-id="161117" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Filmotype Omaha</a></strong> used by <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/designers/12201/harry-volk-jr-art-studio" data-entity-code-id="12201" data-entity-code-type="Designer">Harry Volk Jr. Art Studio</a> on their own behalf: to announce their vacation in the summer of 1963. The illustration on the left features signs with text in <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/32015/futura-extra-bold" data-entity-code-id="32015" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Futura Extra Bold</a></strong> and <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/74745/futura-condensed" data-entity-code-id="74745" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Futura Condensed</a></strong>. The letterforms on the largest one are rendered by hand.</p>

<p>Fonts In Use has featured many of Volk’s <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/tags/21916/clip-books?order=most-liked"><cite>Clip Books of Line Art</cite></a> before, from the <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/sets/12551/bart-solenthaler-collection?order=most-liked">collection of Bart Solenthaler</a>.</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/40810/volk-art-studio-vacation-notice-1963">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2023 11:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (1979 book and double LP)]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/52310/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-1979-book</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/22892/jayem">Jay W. Mellor (JWM)</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/52310/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-1979-book"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/186/185328/upto-700xauto/69b59dd6/adl34raxa2h51.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/DontPanic/comments/i8u0bi/first_edition_hitchhikers_guide_to_the_galaxy_pan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.reddit.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Hipgnosis/Ian Wright</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Pan Books edition. The type on the bottom appears to be the wide light weight of <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/3424/eurostile" data-entity-code-id="3424" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Eurostile</a></strong> and the same typeface but in a normal width of bold weight.</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/218260/filmotype-monroe"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/12/11411/440/4/64218787/filmotype-monroe.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/217883/filmotype-fleet"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/12/11261/440/4/6405012c/filmotype-fleet.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/161117/filmotype-omaha"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/12/11263/440/4/6403d998/filmotype-omaha.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/3424/eurostile"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/4/3424/400/4/6a1c0bc6/eurostile.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/1160/univers"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/13/1160/400/4/6a195400/univers.png"/></a><br/><br/><p>Two covers for the 1979 edition of British author and screenwriter Douglas Adams’ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy">comedy science fiction franchise</a>: an eponymous novel, published by Pan Books in the UK, and the double LP featuring the four episodes, released by Original Records in the UK and Canada.</p>

<p>The art group <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/designers/10663/hipgnosis">Hipgnosis</a> and illustrator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Wright_(illustrator)">Ian Wright</a> were credited for designing the cover for the original British release, which included three Filmotype fonts shown in this example. Also, it was one of these examples of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_art">video art</a> used for the design.</p>

<p>First, there was <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/217883/filmotype-fleet"><strong>Fleet</strong></a>. VGC then copied the face as <a href="https://luc.devroye.org/vgccatalog.pdf">C-13</a> in or before 1972, and this font was digitized by Castcraft in 1990 as OPTIFleet. <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/161117/filmotype-omaha">Omaha</a> (named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska">a city in Nebraska in the United States,</a> also by VGC as <a href="https://luc.devroye.org/vgccatalog.pdf">M-15</a>) comes with the big capital letters in the center [edit: it’s <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/218260/filmotype-monroe" data-entity-code-id="218260" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Monroe</a></strong>, see comments] and <strong><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/19163/filmotype-orlando">Orlando</a></strong> (copied as <a href="http://luc.devroye.org/vgccatalog.pdf">G-25</a>) for the back cover.</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/52310/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-1979-book"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/186/185342/upto-700xauto/69b59dd6/71SL6JkwlOL-_AC_SL1087_.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Hitch-Hikers-Guide-Galaxy/dp/B003THFUWY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.amazon.ca</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Hipgnosis/Ian Wright</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Front cover of the LP. The title set in Omaha has alternate glyphs for <strong>D</strong>, <strong>N</strong>, and <strong>P</strong>. [<a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/199424-Douglas-Adams-The-Hitch-Hikers-Guide-To-The-Galaxy">More info on Discogs</a>]</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/52310/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-1979-book"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/186/185343/upto-700xauto/69b59dd6/81XEmf7%252BqSL-_AC_SL1087_.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Hitch-Hikers-Guide-Galaxy/dp/B003THFUWY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.amazon.ca</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Hipgnosis/Ian Wright</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Back cover. The text on the left side was set in <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/1160/univers" data-entity-code-id="1160" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Univers</a></strong>.</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/52310/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-1979-book">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 20:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Jay W. Mellor (JWM)</author>
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