Typophile

node 12682

unknown

Hello,

I am trying to identify the headline font used on the attached vintage FESTAC poster from 1977.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

-=Bookie

AttachmentSize
festac.jpg21.57 KB
unknown

That’s fascinating. Though it could be an old photo font, I’d bet on a custom drawn logo.

I love that your name is ilikebigbutts2 as if there was already a user named ilikebigbutts.

unknown

Maybe the 2 means too, as in ilikebigbuttstoo which might suggest that there was already a user named, say, ilikebigtits.

unknown

It has a similar feel to Phill Grimshaw’s lowercase for Banco

But it’s not the same.

And I haven’t got the hang of these URLs yet!

EDIT: I might have!

unknown

‘Apotheke’, by Buro Destruct, may be an alternate, as well..

unknown

Thanks,

The BD Apotheke will do the trick.

-Bookie

Captured from web.archive.org on 11 Nov 2005. view this capture