Prince – Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic album art
Contributed by Javi Gonzalez on May 31st, 2025. Artwork published in
November 1999
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From Wikipedia:
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic is the twenty-third studio album by American recording artist Prince, who was at the time going by the unpronounceable “Love Symbol” (as shown on the album cover). Released on November 9, 1999, by NPG Records and Arista Records, the album was issued shortly after the release of The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale (1999). It includes several guest appearances, including by Gwen Stefani, Eve, and Sheryl Crow; Prince also completed a cover of Crow’s 1996 single “Everyday Is a Winding Road”. A pop and R&B album, it departs from the soul genre found on Prince’s previous efforts.
4 Comments on “Prince – Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic album art”
The font used for “un” and “fantastic” (as well as the entire track list on the back cover) is SuessFont, designed by Todd Adkins for FontMart in 1998.
Prince’s symbol is set in Blockhead, designed by Chank Diesel for CAKE Magazine, 1995. Interestingly, Chank had a lovely habit of including Prince’s “love symbol” in many of his fonts. Prince, of course, used his fonts on quite a few of his releases.
Below is my recreation of the album title using Willow, SuessFont, and Blockhead.
Frans, that’s excellent information! Thank you very much, and apologies for the slow response.
I have adjusted the font IDs, replacing ITC Caslon No. 224 with its pre-distorted rendition, SuessFont.
For Blockhead: I think you meant to write Buckethead, right? Or is Blockhead its original name?
Apologies for the delayed reply, Florian. It’s not Blockhead (where was my head when I typed that?). Not Buckethead either. The actual font is Bonehead. Sorry for that! 'Twas my mistake. Buckethead is essentially a curlier Bonehead (and was included in a three-font package with Bonehead and Brainhead back in the day). Bonehead contains the exact same symbol on the album cover, whereas Buckethead’s is has a curl on the left side of the symbol’s curlicue crossbar. Again, apologies for the confusion.
Thank you, Frans! My mistake as well: I saw the angular design of Buckethead and looked no further. I’ve adjusted the font ID. All B-Heads now have a page on Fonts In Use.