The big black typo! Thanks.

Monotype Bodoni Ultra Italic.

is that a Blue Note record?

It is indeed a Blue Note Record. www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=3brpgxsbp8

A very rare pressing.

Now this might seem silly, but what is the sans serif typeface used at the top? I cannot pinpoint it, yet it looks very very familiar.

didn’t Reid Miles use Franklin Gothic a lot?!

http://www.linotype.com/12907/franklingothiccondensed-font.html

and I adore that dot from the i in mind that shows up in the word frame
beautiful work... AND also... This was not made with a computer!!!!!!!! INCREDIBLE!!

This was not made with a computer!!!!!!!!

Yer, and the wheel was actually inventing without using a computer as well.

@straldin
Please use a descriptive title next time! Thank you.

The sans would most likely be News Gothic Condensed:

http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/news-gothic/

You could do a lot back then with a stat camera and a razor blade.

Mark... you sound like Jack the Ripper
: )

Graphic design used to be a lot more dangerous. Sharp blades, toxic fumes, solvents, paper cuts. Not to mention all the smoking that went on indoors.

Cover of Print Magazine from 1974:

he he... what a descriptive cover
you rip me up, Mark
and put a nice smile on my face... seems like I have not done that for ages... not since 1974

Mark that happened to me a few times, but one that I will never forget. And I did end up with blood on the paste-up and all over the desk, and the ruler.

Thanks Mark, what a wonder flashback. I was a decade later but all still applies.

Raise your hand if you’ve cut the tip of your finger off with an X-Acto blade? The talented ones could do it without drawing blood.

That’s kinda snarky, NRG. So someone like me who has had accidents isn’t talented?

You’re a million times more talented than me... just a wrong choice of words I guess.

How’s this? » “The lucky ones could do it without drawing blood.”

I won’t tell you what I did with a small wood chisel working on a sculpture in college.

Oh. You should totally share what happened. ;^)

The old xacto knife error, there is no CommandZ for that one :-)

ChrisL

Tiff is a blood-thirsty vampyre

Don’t get Tiff started on vampires this close to Halloween :-)

ChrisL

One of my students at Ohio State in the 70s managed to stab herself in the middle of her thigh while using a mat knife to cut a mounting board. She was way too polite and kindly waited for me to finish a conversation with another student before she said she had cut herself. By then, she was white as a sheet and ready to faint. Design was a dangerous business back then :-)

ChrisL

Yes, that is it. I’m a blood-thirsty, type-loving, vampyress. Shh. Don’t tell anyone.

I guess that means Tiff is Type A negative :-)

ChrisL

@ Tiff:

I’ve got a little more time so I’ll explain my earlier comment about the talented ones and share my mishap with a chisel.

If you look at the tip of your index finger from the side you’ll see a very small area that extends past the end of a trimmed fingernail... just enough to slice off if you’re stupid enough to hold the ruler wrong.

I was busy trimming a ton of proofs at work when I made a pull with the X-Acto blade. On the paper I saw a small circular shaped object and went to flick it out of the way. That’s when I realized it was the end of my finger. I quickly looked at the damage and to my amazement there wasn’t any blood. However, it was perfectly flat and had this very weird sensation when you touched it.

Afterward someone told me that the human body has something like 7 or 8 layers of skin. Instead of admit I was extremely lucky I told everyone it was all talent. ;)

Now, for the not so lucky ’chisel incident’ in college.

I was working on a wooden sculpture in my dorm room and was moments from finishing. A piece of the masterpiece didn’t fit quite right and I was removing the last bit of material. Just then my girlfriend walked in. This was just enough to distract my focus as I proceeded to jam a small chisel about 3/4” into the soft area of my left hand at the base of my thumb.

I looked up to see the shock on her face. The pain didn’t come until I went to pull it out. I nearly passed out. On the advice of some with leveler heads we went to the emergency room where the doctor was shocked I didn’t severe any tendons.

Happy Halloween everyone.

thanx for the woodstockstory

yes.. girlfriends are quite distractful and make you do lots of odd things..

Love hurts sometimes!
: )