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I hunted through my Sans Font ID Guide, but couldn't find a match for the rather closed a & e and rather open g. I am hunting through the 'Dutch Type' book in case this was done by a Dutch type designer.

unknown

No luck in the "Dutch Type' book, although it somewhat resembled a typeface designed by Jan Tholenaar for large-print books called 'GLB-16'. This was used between 1973 and 1974 for printing about 50 books for sight-impaired readers. It was one of the first Dutch digital typefaces.

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Winston -

If you look on the lower right of page 80 you'll
notice a caption for the covers in cyan.
It says "Composer set in Classified News, enlarged"

If you jump back to page 22 you'll see mention
of Karl setting his work with an IBM composer
and then enlarging the result. Also on page
18 there is a specimen of the face shown in a
few sizes with some rather raucous text settings.

I love it. Clunky, loose and strangely charming.

unknown

That would explain the bouncy alignment, too.

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