Desolation Angels by Jack Kerouac (Bantam, 1971)
Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Oct 14th, 2022. Artwork published in
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A fine use of Bailey (Lettergraphics, circa 1966), for Bantam’s paperback edition of Desolation Angels.
Bailey is very similar to Graphic Biform as drawn by Vincent Pacella for Photo-Lettering sometime before 1965. While the PLINC font contains biform alternates, Bailey is lowercase only, with the exception of a single biform alternate for G. The Lettergraphics release is distinguished by longer extenders on g and t, as well as ascending forms for d j and k.
Among digital fonts, Ray Larabie’s Velvenda Megablack comes close. Other extratight options with hairline counters – but without biform features – include A2 Gothic X Condensed, Tusker Grotesk (maybe the 3800 Super), or Gothiks Compressed Black.
