Designed by Hiroshi Yamashita for Schaedler in c. 1970 [Shin Oka]. Not
yet shown in a 1970 catalog. [Schaedler 1970] Variants include
Alpha Midnight (solid, shown), Alpha
Midday (outline), Alpha Sunrise (perspective
shadow), and Alpha Twilight (contour). Shown by
Photo-Lettering [1972 Nostalgia booklet] and Berthold (with
Schaedler credit and alternates for ‘ACEIKMNRSTUY’) [Berthold 1974]. Conways carried four styles
as Out of This World, Out of Sight,
Out of Sorts, Out of Mind. [1974 poster]
The Midnight style is shown by Castcraft (as
Alfa Midnight or Out of This World)
[Castcraft 1978] and Phil’s Photo.
[Phil’s Photo 1985]
Formatt had versions for
dry transfer lettering of Midnight [1975 catalog],
Sunrise (as Daytime), and
Twilight (as Nighttime). [1981
catalog]
Alpha Midnight was digitized by Nick Curtis as
Mister
Bones NF (Nick's Fonts, 2011, incl. the alternates, used
for sample), “reconstructed from an unnamed source by Dick Pape for
Solotype”, and by Alan Prescott as APT New Alpha
Midnight (1996, no alternates). More…
Designed by Hiroshi Yamashita for Schaedler in c. 1970 [Shin Oka]. Not yet shown in a 1970 catalog. [Schaedler 1970] Variants include Alpha Midnight (solid, shown), Alpha Midday (outline), Alpha Sunrise (perspective shadow), and Alpha Twilight (contour). Shown by Photo-Lettering [1972 Nostalgia booklet] and Berthold (with Schaedler credit and alternates for ‘ACEIKMNRSTUY’) [Berthold 1974]. Conways carried four styles as Out of This World, Out of Sight, Out of Sorts, Out of Mind. [1974 poster] The Midnight style is shown by Castcraft (as Alfa Midnight or Out of This World) [Castcraft 1978] and Phil’s Photo. [Phil’s Photo 1985]
Formatt had versions for dry transfer lettering of Midnight [1975 catalog], Sunrise (as Daytime), and Twilight (as Nighttime). [1981 catalog]
Alpha Midnight was digitized by Nick Curtis as Mister Bones NF (Nick's Fonts, 2011, incl. the alternates, used for sample), “reconstructed from an unnamed source by Dick Pape for Solotype”, and by Alan Prescott as APT New Alpha Midnight (1996, no alternates). Manchester (Fontalicious, 2001) is a looser interpretation. ThisEndUp (Silver Graphics, 1995) is an interpretation of Alpha Twilight, with an added lowercase derived from some of the alternates.
