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Latest Sighting in the Wild
The cover of Lawrence James’s “Empires in the Sun” (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2016) makes splendid use of the Thurbrooke typeface.Filed under: Miscellany, Uncategorized Tagged: aftrica, book,...
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Great Bromwich Bold Used on a Classic
We just spotted Great Bromwich Bold providing the typeface for the title on this 80th anniversary omnibus edition of P.L. Travers’Mary Poppins stories. An eminently suitable typeface for the purpose,...
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A Few Years Old, But Well Worth A Read…
We can thoroughly recommend the article “20 inspirational Penguin book cover designs” published by Creative Bloq Staff on July 30, 2013. Well worth a look for anyone with an interest in design or...
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The Wolverton Typeface Family in Action
Another sighting in the wild. Wolverton used, rather appropriately I feel, for the lettering on the cover of Joy Callaway’s ‘Fifth Avenue Artists Society.’ Filed under: Miscellany Tagged: cover, Novel,...
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Murder in Edwardian Toronto
We were recently delighted to discover Rachel McMillan’s series of Herringford and Watts mystery Novels and Novellas, all set in Edwardian Toronto, and making most appropriate use of the Great Bromwich...
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A Sighting in the Wild
I think this was published a couple of years ago, but we were pleased recently to see ‘Vectis’ in use on the cover of Jim Butcher’s “The Aeronaut’s Windlass”. Must admit I’m not entirely sure what an...
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Simply Splendid
I recently happened across a few random issues of the “London Mystery Magazine” (later “London Mystery Selection”). Interestingly, these covers seem to be a mixture of UK and US editions of the same...
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Seen in the wild…
The cover of Emma. ‘s novel, ‘Brother’s Ruin’ uses the Wolverton typeface family, a Greater Albion design room several years ago.
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