Frank Sinatra – My Way album art
Contributed by Rob Hudson on Jun 24th, 2023. Artwork published in
March 1969
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My Way is a 1969 album from singer Frank Sinatra, released on his Reprise Records label.
The artist and album title appear on the front cover in the book weight of Eras, in all-caps at a large size, with a very tight letterspacing such that many letters touch. The “Arranged and Conducted by Don Costa” text and song titles are set in all-caps Optima.
On the back cover, the artist and album title, track list, and liner notes are all Optima, with Univers for the small credits at the bottom. Art direction and photography by Ed Thrasher.
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The back cover
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Nowadays Eras is associated with the ITC label. This use predated the release of ITC Eras by seven years, though: the design was started by Albert Boton and Albert Hollenstein at Hollenstein Phototypo as early as 1961. Initially in a single weight without lowercase, the design made it over to the United States in 1964, when Photo-Lettering adopted it. The lowercase was added at Hollenstein in or before 1973, at the request of Gerard Blanchard. The ITC release from 1976 then expanded Eras to five weights plus Outline and Contour styles.