This is a design by Studio Von Birken in Brooklyn.
This typeface is beautiful! Any ideas?
Thanks!

it was the left part of the P
but also the I (in QUI) that melts together with L (in MAL) that made me think it was handpainted..
y'see.. I had a girlfriend once (yes.. it is true!!) who made me paint texts on T-shirts for her like this one. MENSCH! that was hard work.. however the bonus was when she took of the T-shirts.. so I should not complain.
I think I've found it:
Stark Debonair, from Robert Stark in 1975, via the VGC foundry.
Apparently not available digitally, unless someone knows something I don't.
Really cool design...
http://e-daylight.jp/design/fonts/type/s/stark-debonair.html
You might also be interested in Young Finesse, which looks great when very large.
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