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Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks

Contributed by Garrison Martin on Jan 10th, 2019. Artwork published in
October 2017
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A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. — Penguin Randomhouse

For the jacket design, Oliver Munday puts the author’s name and the title into blown-up vintage typewriter keycaps, using slightly weathered letterforms from different widths of the Windsor family. Tom Hanks is known for his enthusiasm for old typewriters and built a collection comprising more than 100 typewriters (see also the Hanx Writer app).

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The back cover pairs Windsor with .
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The back cover pairs Windsor with Adobe Garamond.

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  • Windsor
  • Windsor Elongated
  • Adobe Garamond

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