Guitars in Italy album art
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on Jan 1st, 2025. Artwork published in
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In addition Quick, the front cover features Venus Extended in two weights and Century Expanded Italic for “Series 2000”.
Filmotype Quick is an inline variant of Ginger, issued in c.1958. In 1961, designer Murray Stein specified it for an album of Italian guitar music, released by Time Records in their Series 2000. The cover painting is by Mino Ceretti. The typography was carried out by The Composing Room, Inc., New York.
On the gatefold, “GUITARS” and “ITALY” were aligned to the letter I, and the open stems extended all the way to the top edge.
The back cover typography has Filmotype Jefferson for “Series 2000”, all-caps Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed for the track list, Trade Gothic in two widths for credits and address, and Clarendon.
2 Comments on “Guitars in Italy album art”
Can you give me a glyph set of VGC M-3?
Hi Iman, I can see what I can do. In the meantime, you can already see a glyph set for Filmotype Quick in a 1960s catalog. It’s not of very high resolution, but it might be a start.