Harry Potter Sticker Album
Front cover. “Sticker Album” is set in all-caps Ink Pot.
In June 2001 Italian company Panini Group published a 32-page sticker album to tie in with the release of the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). Simply titled Harry Potter Sticker Album, it was based entirely on the first Harry Potter book using woodcut illustrations and pastel artwork. Its product reference was PNIN 0001 and contained 144 stickers; after Panini published further Harry Potter sticker albums, this album was referred to as Harry Potter Classic 1.
Warner Bros. Consumer Products had commissioned Hallmark Cards Inc. to create two custom typefaces for the franchise: Hogwarts Wizard and Ink Pot. Hogwarts Wizard was developed by Bud Braman (based on a style by Connie Smiley), while Ink Pot was designed by Calvert Guthrie.
Both fonts were included in the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Illustrative Style Guide issued to licensees in the summer of 2000. They were later made available to the public on several promotional CD-ROMs including HP’s Harry Potter Creative CD and Epson’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Print Studio.
The album uses these typefaces, as well as others listed under suggested fonts in the Illustrative Style Guide.
Inside front cover and page 1
Pages 12–13. Page titles and captions set in Hogwarts Wizard, with trademark symbols (™) set in Attic Antique (that character not being available in Hogwarts Wizard). Sticker and page numbers are set in Ink Pot.
Page 11. Stickers 47 and 48 show Voldemort in red with the O’s replaced with eyes. The text is set in all-caps Mason Serif Bold.
Page 32 and inside back cover. “Panini can help you!” is set in Ink Pot, with the main body text in Attic Antique and headlines and drop caps in Hogwarts Wizard. Note that “VISIT OUR WEBSITE!” and the URL are inside giant em dashes (—) again set in Ink Pot.
Back cover. A teaser advertisement for the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone video game by Electronic Arts. This too is set in Hogwarts Wizard, the URLs are in Ink Pot, and the Warner Bros. copyright notice is in Attic Antique.
Sticker packets
