On the Shortness of Life, Penguin Great Ideas Contributed by Stéphane Darricau on Jan 21st, 2024. Artwork published in 2004. Source: www.penguin.com.au ©Penguin Random House. License: All Rights Reserved. “There was no way I was going to use Trajan”, Phil Baines once said of this cover design for the first “Penguin Great Ideas” series. He went for URW Grotesk instead. So very him. Phil Baines passed away last Friday, January 19th, 2024. RIP. Typefaces More about URW GroteskGet URW Grotesk Formats Books (6538) Topics Literature (3021) Designers/Agencies Phil Baines (5) Tagged withPenguin Books (86)Penguin Great Ideas (6)Seneca (1)paperbacks/softcovers (1965)book covers (5874)all caps (7619)outlined type (1260)one typeface, one size (413)only type (1283)embossed/debossed (625)two-color (1011)red and black (1141)Penguin Classics (10) Artwork location United Kingdom (3294) London (1822) Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More URW Grotesk in use Lettres Libres collection, Lux Éditeur2014Nouvelle AdministrationJolin MassonCatherine D’AmoursContributed by Jolin Masson Staff Pick Bremer Philharmonikerc. 2019oblik identity designContributed by Production Type Xpatriate at The Baked Potato concert poster2013Perry LopezContributed by Perry Lopez Sponsor More in Literature Oh! Calcutta! paperback1969Stephanie TevonianContributed by henry cruickshank Staff Pick O Turvo, Issue 012020aço.orgAlexandre RudaWill CegaContributed by Will Cega The Girl Who Knew Tomorrow by Zoa Sherburne1970unknownContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Traversée anatomique2019Clément Le Tulle-NeyretContributed by Clément Le Tulle-Neyret More in Books Petroleum Man2005Contributed by Font Bureau Popolo Neroazzurro2021Markowitz van der megaContributed by Markowitz van der mega Inherent Vice posters, promo art, and jacket design2014BLT CommunicationsTal GoretskyDarshan ZenithContributed by Garrison Martin Staff Pick Severe(d) by Holly Riordan2017KJ ParishContributed by KJ Parish More Fonts In Use Líbivé obrázky by Simone de Beauvoir (Odeon)1969Lorenzo TaiutiContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Big Sur by Jack Kerouac, first edition1962Janet HalversonContributed by Nick Sherman Staff Pick Going Down Swinging magazine, issue 372016Matt TambelliniContributed by Gareth Hague Staff Pick Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft1930IsotypeOtto NeurathMarie ReidemeisterContributed by Stéphane Darricau Staff Pick