Clip Books of Line Art, Volk (1977)
“Wedding” (No. 292) ft. the festive Saphir caps set on a curve.
Covers for various clip books of line art issued by Volk Corp in 1977. This year marked their silver anniversary. The celebration started already in 1976, indicating that the company was established in late 1951. According to Bart Solenthaler, it went out of business sometime in the 1980s.
See the previous post about the clip books issued in 1955 for more information on Harry Volk Jr. Art Studio.
“Entertainment” (No. 295) ft. Tonight.
“Office” (No. 296) ft. Bobo Bold.
“Hobbies” (No. 297) ft. Abbey Scroll.
“Women” (No. 300) ft. Yagi Double.
“Men” (No. 302) ft. Atrax.
“Spring” (No. 303) ft. Jolly Roger.
“The Farm” (No. 678) ft. Arnold Böcklin in all caps.
“Summer” (No. 679) ft. the Sparkly style from the Churchward Design series.
“Children” (No. 680) ft. Eurostile Bold Condensed.
“Medicine” (No. 682) ft. Columna.
“Sales” (No. 683) ft. Whimzitype 3600.
“Groups” (No. 685) ft. Eurostile Bold Extended.
“Christmas” (No. 688) ft. Benguiat Caslon caps with swash alternates.
“Menu” (No. 690) ft. more Saphir.
“Energy” (No. 691) ft. Frankfurter.
“Homemaker” (No. 692) ft. more Benguiat Caslon, here in caps set on a curve.
“Industry” (No. 693) ft. Old Gothic Bold Italic.
“Teens” (No. 695) ft. ITC Uptight Neon.
“Science” (No. 697) ft. Data 70.
“Spring & Summer Sports” (No. 699) ft. Marvin (Face). Illustration by Tom Sawyer.
“Design Devices” (No. G75) ft. Charrette. The decorated A is taken from Cloister Initials. The logo of the Grafika subseries is in ITC Fat Face with ligatures for ra and fi, accompanied by Kabel Light with omitted tittles.
“Pointers” (No. G77) ft. manicules (☛☞) with caps from Windsor Elongated.
“Symbols” (No. G80) ft. caps from Futura Light with a custom SY ligature. The anniversary note in the counter of O is in Helvetica Condensed.
“John Doe” (No. G82) ft. Augustea Open.
“Jane Doe” (No. G83) ft. Keyhole, which was Formatt’s copy of Sintex with added alternates.
