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The Black Eyed Blonde. A Philip Marlowe Novel by Benjamin Black

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Sep 28th, 2013. Artwork published in .
The Black Eyed Blonde. A Philip Marlowe Novel by Benjamin Black
Source: twitter.com Jonathan Pelham. License: All Rights Reserved.

What looks like a custom dry brush lettering job at first glance has actually started out with type: For his cover of The Black Eyed Blonde, Jonathan Pelham, in-house designer for Pan Macmillan UK, utilized Monster Mash, a caps/small caps font by Comicraft.

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4 Comments on “The Black Eyed Blonde. A Philip Marlowe Novel by Benjamin Black”

  1. Hmmm…the design idea is good but not the type: the very obvious computer distortion in the subtitle, “A Philip Marlowe Novel,” would never have been done by a hand-lettering artist with a brush. 

  2. You have a point there, Chris. Likewise, the repeating identical stroke endings are questionable, once you notice them. I turned a blind eye to those details here, because I find the composition with the smoky letters framed by the two red spots so striking.

  3. Dear Chris & Florian. Thank you for your criticisms. I’m heeding your advice and reworking the distorted letterforms and terminals for a more convincing and harmonious composition.

    All thanks,

    J

  4. Wow, that’s cool!

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