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“Saint Joan” cover for Penguin, by Saul Bass

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News Gothic
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Only a guess, given the small sample—News Gothic:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/news-gothic/

The numbers in the lower right could be replicated with Bureau Grot:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/fontbureau/bureau-grot/

Concur with Kevin. Trade Gothic/News Gothic could do the job. Adding to his suggestions Benton Sans.

Thanks. Thought it might be News Gothic, but wanted a second opinion because the text is so small.

Yeah, Bureau Grot is quite close for ‘2/6’.
Are there any other fonts with such dramatic curve on ‘2’?

Thanks.

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