The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 21st and 22nd Series (Ace)
![The Best From Fantasy And Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology, Ace Books, 1977, with cover art by . [More info on ISFDB]](https://fiu-original.b-cdn.net/fontsinuse.com/use-images/N199/199124/199124.jpeg?filename=The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 25th anniversary.jpg)
The Best From Fantasy And Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology, Ace Books, 1977, with cover art by Sam Alexander. [More info on ISFDB]
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction is a series of anthologies of fiction from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (est. 1949), published since 1952. The 21st Series, a “Special 25th Anniversary Anthology” from 1974, and the 22nd Series from 1977 were edited by Edward L. Ferman (b. 1937). Shown here are the paperback editions published by Ace Books in 1977 and 1978, respectively.
For both volumes, the uncredited cover designer used a typeface that hasn’t been featured here before. It’s Germanic Sans Condensed, designed by Acey Cypres for Headliners and shown in their ’76 neo-phototypes catalog. In a 1978 catalog, it’s shown in twelve weights plus outlined and shaded styles. There is also a regular-wide Germanic Sans that was used already in 1973, which is only generally related.
![The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 22nd Series, Ace Books, 1978, with covert art by [More info on ISFDB]](https://fiu-original.b-cdn.net/fontsinuse.com/use-images/N199/199122/199122.jpeg?filename=The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22.jpg)
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 22nd Series, Ace Books, 1978, with covert art by Patrick Woodroffe [More info on ISFDB]
Back cover from The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 22nd Series:
What could be better than … Isaac Asimov … Robert Bloch … Ray Bradbury … Algis Budrys … Frederik Pohl … John Varley …Tom Reamy … and many more fine writers in this best from the best, the best from Fantasy and Science Fiction featuring the Hugo Award winning novella ‘San Diego Lighthouse Sue’!
1 Comment on “The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 21st and 22nd Series (Ace)”
To my knowledge, there is no digital version of Germanic Sans Condensed.
For something fresh in the same vein, I recommended DJR’s Megascope to Paul. Here it’s used with ligatures and the stylistic sets 1 and 2 activated: