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Tom Wolfe – The Right Stuff, Farrar Straus Giroux

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on May 15th, 2018. Artwork published in .

4 Comments on “Tom Wolfe – The Right Stuff, Farrar Straus Giroux”

  1. I think the g is raised, not short-ascendered. Never noticed what an unexpected pair of typefaces this was.

  2. Oops, I meant short-descendered.

  3. You’re right, of course: It’s the baseline shift for g that prevents a collision in the stacked and interlocked setting. What I wanted to hint at is the fact that the counters in the Display cut are smaller. However, the descender isn’t really shorter as I had assumed. Here’s a comparison of Monotype’s digital version of Gill Sans ExtraBold (top) and Gill Sans Display ExtraBold (bottom):

  4. Dan Hardie™ says:
    May 18th, 2018 6:17 pm

    Gorgeous! Also interesting to note the cool swagger of that cap S on the front cover Stuff, as compared to the standard cap S on the spine. Also seems like the cover cap R is a bit higher-waisted (?) and boot-cut than standard Gill Sans Display Extra Bold. Fabulous. Would love the full story! Thanks!

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