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Visual Guide to the 70's Tyopgraphic Smörgasbord (The Grand Funk)

The eclectic letter resource for every beatnik in creative fields

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Last edited February 10, 2023

"Turn on, tune in, boot up, drop out!" A constantly changing reference list of unique/experimental/psychedelic typographic possibilities in the inspiration between the late-1960s to the mid-1970s, serving as the source mostly in your work or in other words, personal/commercial projects.

chalet
hypothenuses
Palace explodes diced chicken

Originally released in 1970 by Hollenstein.

FF Zan is a fun titling typeface that started its life as part of the phototype collection of Hollenstein in 1970. Originally designed as... Read More

Motter Ombra Othmar Motter motter fonts 1973

Made in 1972 by Othmar Motter of Voralberger Grafik, Austria. Originally distributed by Berthold (for phototypesetting) and Letraset (for dry-transfer)

winter
japanophilia
Do not annoy by playing golf

Made by Marcus Sterz in 2009.

brandy
bureaucratic
Design munificent assemblaged

Released in 1966 by VGC (Visual Graphics Corporation).

safety
illustrative
Dog pawprints on your clothes

Originally drawn for Schaedler in the 70s(?). Aliases are Leo and Dorsch (Castcraft).

rocket
wunderkinder
From congeals the knife treatment

Originally released in 1970 by Letraset.

Premier font was designed by Colin Brignall. Premier Lightline displays all the elegance and sophistacation of the 1920s and 30s and... Read More

winter
abstractions
Tether even a roasted chicken

Digital interpretation based on Dave Davison's version of J.M. Bergling's unnamed "poster and sign card alphabet" in 1914 as Davison Arabesque (published by Photo-Lettering Inc.) in 1968.

always
abstractions
Fat people are harder to kidnap

Originally designed by Meyer “Dave” Davison in 1968 for Photo-Lettering Inc. Adopted by Mecanorma for dry-transfer in or before 1969.

grapes
enthusiastic
Get hold of arm rest to fall the wound

Designed by Jürgen Riebling in 1972 as Mr. Big. Shown in Typony Core 6 as Bigmax.

rocket
conceptional
There is no smoking in the depths

A 1975 revision and expansion of Metrecal's custom typeface (which is Bauhaus Geometric) by Ed Benguiat and Victor Caruso. The original alternate glyphs for this font were 'ersxyæœMNSX" but not shown in the digital version.

brandy
guitarfishes
The world without his nucleus

One example of the many organic and liquified typefaces was designed by Kadek Mahardika and published by Creativemedialab in 2022.

safety
bureaucratic
Let us do the birds friend

Influenced by Benguiat Charisma Script (Photo-Lettering, 1970). As seen in Typony Core 4 and 6 as Cornel.

Alan Meeks designed the Candice typeface in 1976. A groovy swirl of a font, Candice looks like an ice cream sundae topped with whipped... Read More

vortex
wunderkinder
Green ecology limitless magnificence

Originally released by Reinhold in 1892. This typeface was revived for phototypesetting in by Lettergraphics and others, and Letraset did a dry-transfer version.

Otto Weisert was a German type founder who ran his own foundry in Stuttgart during the early years of the 20th Century. In 1902, he... Read More

vortex
ultraviolets
Marry in haste, repent at leisure

Based on Orbit (a common variation of Photo-Lettering's Village from 1968).

Albert Boton
FontFont 2002
Othmar Motter
motter fonts 1973

FaceType
Stanley Davis
Bitstream 1967
Ray Cruz
Bitstream 2004
Colin Brignall
ITC 1970
Ricardo Marcin and Erica Jung
The Flying Type 2021
Mecanorma
International TypeFounders
Jürgen Riebling
SoftMaker 1970
Edward Benguiat, Victor Caruso and Herbert Bayer
ITC 1925
Sale
Kadek Mahardika
Creativemedialab 2022
Alan Meeks
ITC 1978
Otto Weisert
Linotype 1902
Ricardo Marcin and Erica Jung
The Flying Type 2021