Hi everyone.
I'm trying to find the typeface used in this* great old gum wrapper for a friend.
My guess is that I won't find the specific type, with it's quirky spirals, but if you can point me toward the root font of this face I'd appreciate it.
* http://www.victoryseeds.com/candystore/images/adams/blackjack_70s.JPG
I'm looking for the main "Black Jack" face, not the sans serif, though that is a really nice one too.
Thanks in advance for any help.
-JB
Hilarious. Reminds me of this LP cover I found last year.
It's unlikely, indeed that you'll find a digital font like this. Edison has your swirls, but it's a very different style of face.
Bodoni Classic Swash has some of the same feel.
Pink Mouse from BA Graphics is also close:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/bagraphics/pink-mouse/
Beatnik, if you added the swirls, would be close because of the bouncy baseline, but I think it's closer to Bodoni Poster. I linked to the Red Rooster version, but there's one from pretty much any foundry that has done a Bodoni.
I'm sure a revival of this style is coming very soon, and then you will be drowning in alternatives.
Sean Glenn
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