Lee Halliburton, H. B. Smith, P. S. Dinsmore, M. H. Beebe, O. J. Hill.

A rhomboid-shaped greeting card from the ephemera collection of Alan Mays. “Happy New Year” combines initials from Italian Black with caps from a wide Celtic. The names are set in Venetian (italic).

From its logo to park signage and decoration, Disneyland is strongly associated with various styles of fraktur, particularly simplified and romanized versions of the style that are more palatable to those unfamiliar with traditional blackletter. Bradley is one of the typefaces used frequently throughout the park, especially in Fantasyland. It plays a starring role in Disneyland’s castle centerpiece, wherein the story of Sleeping Beauty is told through several dioramas, along with book displays. The walk-thru was originally designed in the style of Eyvind Earle, production designer for Disney's 1959 film Sleeping Beauty, including books with hand calligraphy. After various changes to the castle interior over the years, Earle-style dioramas returned in 2008. I assume that’s when these new books appeared, typeset primarily in Bradley.

The central character’s name, Aurora, is set in an outlined version of the typeface (which was one of the styles released early on in 1897) and given a color gradient treatment. The “Sleeping Beauty” title and illuminated initials use Italian Black and hand lettering or other typefaces.

There are many half-hearted revivals of Bradley, and it’s not clear which one (if not their own proprietary version) Disney uses. Among many other differences, the original metal typeface featured caps that dipped below the baseline to feel vertically centered with the lowercase (in all but the smallest sizes: 6 and 8 point). Disney’s font does not have this distinction, instead sporting a common baseline, like all the amateur digitizations do. Fortunately, there is now a proper revival of the typeface designed by David Jonathan Ross: Bradley DJR.

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

1600 S. Monterey Hwy. San Jose, California. From the Cattleman’s Kitchen Steak – Prime Rib – Sea Food – Cocktails.

The restaurant closed around 2015.