The Stranger book cover Contributed by Herb Lubalin Study Center on Nov 11th, 2014. Artwork published in circa 1972. Source: www.flickr.com © 1972 Vintage Books. License: All Rights Reserved. A nice use of the alternate glyphs from ITC Serif Gothic, which were available at the time from ITC. The bulk of the letters in title on the cover use alternates: t, e, r, a. See the alternates in this promotional from ITC, 1972. Typefaces More about ITC Serif GothicGet ITC Serif GothicMore about HelveticaGet Helvetica Formats Books (6810) Topics Literature (3146) Designers/Agencies unknown (4389) Tagged withtight-not-touching (304)tight letterspacing (915)stacked and interlocked (126)book covers (6114)Vintage Books (publisher) (29)alternate glyphs (1517)Albert Camus (4)reversed type (3555)early uses (2339) Artwork location United States (10270) In SetsDecades (70s) (bluishfleurs) (8)Tight Not Touching (Briar Levit) (27)set 1 (isabel) (84)vintage (isabel) (76)ITC (Florian Hardwig) (400)RADIOGIAPPANESE (Leonardo de la Fuente) (2878) Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More ITC Serif Gothic in use The Most Beautiful Melodies of… cassette insert1988Adam BackhausenContributed by Bryson Stohr Signals from the Periphery2017Elisabeth KlementLaura PappaAsteriskContributed by Tüpokompanii Luster book cover2020Na KimContributed by Herb Lubalin Study Center Sponsor More in Literature Ellison Wonderland by Harlan Ellison, Millington1979Lorie EpsteinContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Les années folles 1918–1930 by Guilleminault Gilbert, Club des Amis du Livre1962E.W. MercierYves NoirotContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Rapp & Whiting, 1969)1969Lawrence EdwardsContributed by Florian Hardwig “Russian Rubens”, Bantam Booksc. 1964Mitchell HooksPhoto(s) by Steve on Flickr. More in Books The Collective Spark: Igniting Thinking in Groups, Teams and the Wider World2022Sam CorijnContributed by Sam Corijn Prinzessin Hannibal children’s book2017Matthias KronfussContributed by DSType Introduction to Statistics. Purposes and Procedures1976unknownContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Living in the Present1960Barbara GillruthContributed by Stephen Coles Blog More Fonts In Use Julia Born: Title of the Show2009Julia BornLaurenz BrunnerContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick School of Visual Arts MFA Design2013The Original Champions of DesignContributed by Webtype Staff Pick Today’s People – Hello World Meet Today’s People album art1969Sandy HoffmanContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Royal Society of Literature2009HyperkitContributed by Indra Kupferschmid Staff Pick