Post #2341220
2023-10-09 18:18 UTC
Sixty years ago, in November 1963, #MauriceSendak published his now famous #ChildrensBook, Where the Wild Things Are.
Did you know that the casual letterforms on the first edition #BookCover aren’t custom drawn, but type? They stem from an obscure #font named Safari which came with numerous alternate glyphs. Patrick Concannon put together a post about the #design, and @jaykay109 tracked down the origin of the #typeface. More: https://fontsinuse.com/uses/54045/where-the-wild-things-are-by-maurice-sendak-h
#FontsInUse #Typography #BookDesign
Replies (3)
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@philippsteinkrueger@zirk.us 2023-10-09 18:42
Did you know, @vcaston@zirk.us?
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@Luke@typo.social 2023-10-09 18:47
@FontsInUse@typo.social @jaykay109@mstdn.social fantastic history. Also one of my best friends did the movie poster for the movie: https://www.coreyholms.com/where-the-wild-things-are-1
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@rifter@mastodon.social 2023-10-09 21:22
@FontsInUse@typo.social I never knew it was published in 1963. TIL