The Guess Who – “Hand Me Down World” / “Runnin’ Down the Street” Spanish single cover
Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Nov 16th, 2025. Artwork published in
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“Hand Me Down World” is song written by Kurt Winter (1946–1997), performed and released in 1970 by Canadian rock band The Guess Who. The colorful sleeve for the Spanish release was designed by Ponce De León.
The richly ornamented capitals they used for the band name were conceived by Jean Midolle and shown under the title Romaine (genre arabesque) in his lettering sampler Spécimen des écritures modernes from around 1835. The version used here probably is the Mecanorma adaptation for dry transfer lettering which was released in 1967, six years after Armin Haab unearthed the alphabet for Lettera 2. Mecanorma also carried a version of Folio, as “Folio-Caravelle”, including the extrafett style seen here.
