Tangui in use

The Game-Players of Titan by Philip K. Dick (White Lion, 1974)

Florian Hardwig — Sat, 19 Jun 2021 20:03:29 +0000

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A rare sighting of Tangui, on the book jacket for the hardback edition of The Game-Players of Titan by White Lion Publishers, Ltd., 1974. It’s contrasted with the weighty Gill Kayo.

Conceived by Colombian designer Gustavo Pardo Sarmiento, Tangui was selected as a winner in Letraset’s International Typeface Competition 1973. It added to the wave of wire-like faces that mix single and double monolinear strokes, see also Monika (1970), Eggomania (1971), Neo Script and Branding (1972), Duo (1973), Burgondy Right (1974), or Hairpin (1975). Tangui was digitized by Jonathan Hill as TenGu (The Northern Block, 2009).

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Grobschnitt ‎– Ballermann album art

Jorge Iván Moreno Majul — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 22:09:03 +0000

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Tangui in use for Ballermann, the second album by German Krautrock band Grobschnitt released in 1974 on Brain Records.

The typeface by Colombian designer Gustavo Pardo Sarmiento was selected as a winner in Letraset’s International Typeface Competition 1973. The results were also presented in the 18 New Type Faces catalog.

Tangui is applied with an isometric perspective for the band name. Some of the lines were joined (g, r, b, s, h, n, t) and the parallel section of c was eliminated.

No designer is credited for the cover design. Photography by Marcel Fugère.

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Gatefold.

Back cover.

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Typographie: Schrift und Graphik mit Letraset

Stephen Coles — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 04:23:00 +0000

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Typographie: Schrift und Graphik mit Letraset was an exhibition that ran in Darmstadt, München, and Zürich in 1978–79. This 8×8-inch 72-page catalog was designed by Christof Gassner and features his own work along with dozens of other designers who used Letraset.

Design: Christof Gassner

Design: Helmut Langer

Design: Christof Gassner. Promotional material for Deutsche Letraset. The last image was used for the cover of LetraTime.

Design: Friedrich Friedl

Design: Christof Gassner. German translation of a quote by Henri Michaux: “Qui s’est abaissé devant une fourmi, n’a plus à s’abaisser devant un lion.” – “Those who have bowed to an ant do not have to bow down before a lion.”

Design: Christof Gassner. German titles of various plays by Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About _, King Lear, Richard III. For more, see Schauspiel im ZDF.

Design: Christof Gassner. Various film titles: Le Quai des brumes (Port of Shadows), The Third Man, Daddy Long Legs, Scarface

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