Typophile

70s Bantam paperback font

mbcohen

This shows up on a ton of paperbacks from Bantam in this era. It is not quite Profil/Decorated 035--it lacks that oblique touch.

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6513/thebarbarouscoastax0.jpg

Any ideas?

That time period probably means a film type was used. It's a slab/Egyptian style, similar to Glypha, but a bit condensed. It's rather hard to find these with middle serifs on the E, and that's why I picked Glypha as a similar font.

- Mike Yanega

Yes, thank you, that is looking quite close. I can probably fake it. Thanks!

Looking closer... it's those capital "O"s that are unusual. They're somewhat elongated.

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