The Great Movie Shorts by Leonard Maltin
Front panel of the jacket
I was shopping the second bookstore in town. I came across this book in the movie section and bought it for a few pound. The Great Movie Shorts was written by film critic Leonard Maltin and published by Bonanza Books in 1972.
I got it home and scanned in the dust cover and inside pages. On the front of the jacket, the book’s title and the author’s name are set in lowercase letters from Jay Gothic. “More than 200 nostalgic photos” is added in the Outline style of the same typeface family. Other text is set in all-caps Helvetica.
Jay Gothic Outline is also used for the heading titles of the chapters throughout the book. Margery Kronengold did the jacket design. No designer is credited for the book’s interior.
This was a rare find for me and I’m glad I have it.
Spine panel of the jacket with the inner flaps. The text is set in News Gothic, with Futura being used for the publisher’s address.
Half-title page ft. Jay Gothic Outline
Title page ft. Jay Gothic Outline with Helvetica
Contents ft. Jay Gothic Outline with Helvetica
Foreword and preface ft. Jay Gothic Outline with Helvetica
1 Comment on “The Great Movie Shorts by Leonard Maltin”
Thank you to Florian who enhanced my original contribution.
The extra typeface information on the previews inside the book is a nice addition. I didn’t have time to add those pictures myself.
This information as like all the other contributions on this site all adds to the building of encyclopedia of knowledge on this website.
As stated in the introduction I came across this book by chance. I have other contributions to add which won’t be named until the are approved but they are really really good contributions.
Briefly I will state this I am fine-tuning my proper digitized versions of this typeface or to be more specific Jay Gothic. So stay tuned.