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    <title>Rodin in use</title>
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    <description>Rodin in use. Released in a single style in 1973, with alternates for ‘t’, and ‘Z’. [VGC 1973] Later extended with Extended, Condensed, Italic, and Cyrillic styles. Designed by Patrick Collins. [VGC Release No.&amp;nbsp;6] See also Arlenette.

Rhizo (Stiggy &amp; Sands, 2023) is a digital interpretation.</description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Introducing Shirley Braverman by Hilma Wolitzer, Dell]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/63689/introducing-shirley-braverman-by-hilma-wolitz</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo(s)  by Make It Old on Flickr.<br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/63689/introducing-shirley-braverman-by-hilma-wolitz"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/238/237618/upto-700xauto/69b5e7e4/54043666618_ba1da1abf0_o.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/44238709@N07/54043666618/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.flickr.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Uploaded to Flickr by Make It Old and tagged with “rodin” and “gillsans”</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license"><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC-SA</a></span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/168473/rodin"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/10/9870/440/4/627273fe/rodin.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/45/gill-sans"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/1/45/400/4/6a4756ab/gill-sans.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilma_Wolitzer">Hilma Wolitzer</a>’s young adult novel was first published <a href="https://archive.org/details/introducingshirl00woli/page/n5/mode/2up">in hardback</a> by <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/tags/9868/farrar-straus-and-giroux" data-entity-code-id="9868" data-entity-code-type="Tag">Farrar, Straus and Giroux</a> in 1975. This is the cover of the mass-market paperback issued as <a href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_0440941121/mode/2up">Dell 94112</a> in March 1978, featuring <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/type_designers/7897/patrick-collins" data-entity-code-id="7897" data-entity-code-type="TypeDesigner">Patrick Collins</a>’s <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/168473/rodin" data-entity-code-id="168473" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Rodin</a></strong> for the title. The cover artist is unknown.</p>

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

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<p>To twelve-year-old Shirley Braverman, World War I| seems a long way from Brooklyn. Her immediate concerns include Saturday double features at Loew’s and her little brother Theodore. Will he grow up to be the biggest sissy in the whole world? Shirley and her best friend, Mitzi, try everything to make him more self-confident – hypnotism, body building, scaring him half to death. Even more important, though, is the interborough spelling competition. Shirley dreams of being named the best speller in New York City, and she practices constantly from her book <cite>Words That Stump the Experts</cite>. Mitzi gets bored, but Shirley is determined to win the Mayor’s Medal. Then, suddenly, the war comes close to home. A telegram arrives: Buddy, Mitzi’s brother, is missing in action.</p>
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<p></p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/63689/introducing-shirley-braverman-by-hilma-wolitz"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/238/237657/upto-700xauto/69b5e7e4/Shiley%20Bravermann.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_0440941121/mode/2up?view=theater" 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/><p>Detail</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/63689/introducing-shirley-braverman-by-hilma-wolitz">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 08:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Voice Out of Ramah by Lee Killough]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/46830/a-voice-out-of-ramah-by-lee-killough</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/46830/a-voice-out-of-ramah-by-lee-killough"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/163/162535/upto-700xauto/69b58577/A%20Voice%20of%20Ramah.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30918574238" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Adventures Underground (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/168473/rodin"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/10/9870/440/4/627273fe/rodin.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/10527/helvetica-condensed"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/36/10527/400/4/6a5223a4/helvetica-condensed.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><cite>A Voice Out of Ramah</cite> is the debut novel by science fiction writer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Killough">Karen Lee Killough</a> (b.<span class="nbsp">&nbsp;</span>1942), published in 1979 by Del Rey / Ballantine Books with cover art by <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/designers/11379/h-r-van-dongen" data-entity-code-id="11379" data-entity-code-type="Designer">H.R. Van Dongen</a>.</p>

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<p>On a world of unholy sanctity, only the lucky males lived – and only the chosen knew why.</p>
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<p>The typeface selected for the title and the author’s name is <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/168473/rodin" data-entity-code-id="168473" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Rodin</a></strong> (VGC, 1973). This painterly design by <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/type_designers/7897/patrick-collins" data-entity-code-id="7897" data-entity-code-type="TypeDesigner">Patrick Collins</a> didn’t get a lot of use, and to my knowledge there is no digital version to this date. The few uses I’m aware of all are from the fields of science fiction and fantasy. Here it’s used in all caps, with enlarged initials and a drop shadow.</p>

<p>[<a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?252420">More info on ISFDB</a>]</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/46830/a-voice-out-of-ramah-by-lee-killough">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 07:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Florian Hardwig</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Bait of Dreams by Jo Clayton (DAW, 1985)]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/45312/a-bait-of-dreams-by-jo-clayton-daw-1985</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/45312/a-bait-of-dreams-by-jo-clayton-daw-1985"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/158/157121/upto-700xauto/69b5808d/30889491361.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30889491361" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.abebooks.com</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Adventures Underground</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/168473/rodin"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/10/9870/440/4/627273fe/rodin.png"/></a><br/><br/><p>All-caps <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/168473/rodin" data-entity-code-id="168473" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Rodin</a></strong> with a gold-embossed title, for the first standalone edition of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Clayton">Jo Clayton</a>’s <span><cite>A Bait of Dreams</cite>, published by DAW</span> in 1985. A novelette of the same title appeared earlier in <cite>Isaac Asimov's Marvels of Science Fiction</cite> (1979). The cover art is by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kelly_(artist)">Ken W. Kelly</a>. From the back cover:</p>

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<p>They called the gems Ranga Eyes. There were beautiful crystals, cool and smooth. They opened doorways to magical realms, leading to escape, happiness, peace. But they exacted a terrible price for they were an incredible narcotic. After only a single use, they dragged you in, sucked you dry, leaving you to a lingering death. Where did they come from? And what really were they? For Gleia, Shounach and Deel it had become a matter of desperate urgency, for each had lost someone to the Eyes, someone they could not forget. For them the source of these damnable jewels must be found and destroyed. Otherwise the Ranga Eyes would destroy them and all their world. An exciting new fantasy novel by the bestselling author of <em>The Diadem</em> and <em>Duel of Sorcery</em> series.</p>
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<p>[<a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?215">More info on ISFDB</a>]</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/45312/a-bait-of-dreams-by-jo-clayton-daw-1985">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2022 12:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Florian Hardwig</author>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Star Wars story treatment cover]]></title>
      <link>https://fontsinuse.com/uses/46755/the-star-wars-story-treatment-cover</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/46755/the-star-wars-story-treatment-cover"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/163/162338/upto-700xauto/69b58577/FQkGNKBXoAEL1er.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://twitter.com/sw_holocron/status/1515749575927242761" target="_blank" rel="noopener">twitter.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/168473/rodin"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/10/9870/440/4/627273fe/rodin.png"/></a><br/><br/><p>Via <a href="https://twitter.com/sw_holocron/status/1515749575927242761" target="_blank">Star Wars Holocron</a>, who write:</p>

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<p>George Lucas began writing his story treatment for The Star Wars on this day [April 17, 2022] 49 years ago before completing it in May 1973</p>
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<p>Shown above is the cover of this 13-page synopsis, titled <a href="https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/151038/was-the-original-star-wars-film-originally-called-the-star-wars" target="_blank"><cite>The Star Wars</cite></a>. A pdf of the complete treatment is available from <a href="http://www.knowitalljoe.com/force-first-draft-star-wars-script/" target="_blank"><em>Know It All Joe</em></a>. The small text is typewritten, and the Lucasfilm logo handdrawn. The title is set in a typeface which came out shortly before: <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/168473/rodin" data-entity-code-id="168473" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Rodin</a></strong> is a design by <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/type_designers/7897/patrick-collins" data-entity-code-id="7897" data-entity-code-type="TypeDesigner">Patrick Collins</a>, released by <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/foundry/162/vgc" data-entity-code-id="162" data-entity-code-type="Foundry">VGC</a>. It’s shown in a single style in their 1973 catalog, but doesn’t yet appear in the 1972 edition. The family was later extended with Extended, Condensed, Italic, and Cyrillic styles. After phototypesetting went out of fashion, Rodin fell into obscurity. I’m not aware of a digitization.</p>

<p>See also <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/4031/star-wars-logo-prerelease-version" target="_blank">the prerelease version of the <cite>Star Wars</cite> logo from 1976</a>, which uses another VGC original, <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/26128/precis" data-entity-code-id="26128" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Précis</a> by <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/type_designers/3887/arthur-l-rawn" data-entity-code-id="3887" data-entity-code-type="TypeDesigner">Arthur L. Rawn</a>.</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/46755/the-star-wars-story-treatment-cover"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/163/162347/upto-700xauto/69b58577/Rodin%20glyph%20set%20in%20VGC%201973%20s.jpeg"/></a><br/><br/><i><span><span class="fiu-attribution__is-own">Photo:&nbsp;<a href="https://fontsinuse.com/contributors/12/florian-hardwig">Florian Hardwig</a></span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license"><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC BY-NC-SA</a></span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/><p>Glyph set for Rodin as shown in <cite>The World-Famous Photo Typositor Alphabet Library</cite> by Visual Graphics Corporation, 1973</p><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/46755/the-star-wars-story-treatment-cover">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 12:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Florian Hardwig</author>
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