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Psychedelia

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Last edited October 16, 2014

The Psychedelic visual arts movement of the 1960s counter culture complemented psychedelic rock music. Concert posters, album covers, light shows, murals, comic books, underground newspapers and more reflected not only the kaleidoscopically swirling patterns of LSD hallucinations, but also revolutionary political, social and spiritual sentiments inspired by insights derived from these psychedelic states of consciousness. Think hippies, bell bottoms, lava lamps, pop music, the Beatles, and free love.

safety
abstractions
Do not use pool during fiery rain

Otto Weisert was a German type founder who ran his own foundry in Stuttgart during the early years of the 20th Century. In 1902, he created Kalligraphia, a cursive Art Nouveau display script face. Kalligraphia has a unique stroke contrast model; the tops and bottoms of its letterforms are thicker than the verticals on its sides.

winter
enthusiastic
The best things in life are furry

François Boltana was a French prolific lettering artist during the late 20th Century. He created the Stilla typeface in 1973. Still is a cursive "Fat Face"-style design, reminiscent of the first large advertising and display types produced in the wake of the successful Bodoni, Didot, and Walbaum text faces. Because of this pedigree, Stilla is the perfect headline choice for applications that... Read More

always
microphysics
I doubt, therefore I could be

Günter Jäntsch designed Pierrot in 1973. Its irregular flowing letterforms express the design from this time, where many personal irregular designs had been made. Pierrot is suitable for invitation cards, posters and signage.

always
conceptional
Misery loves bacon and cheese

Alan Meeks designed the Candice typeface in 1976. A groovy swirl of a font, Candice looks like an ice cream sundae topped with whipped cream. Candace is often seen on album covers, and has come to be associated with innumerable party hits from the 1970s. One thing is for sure: Candice is a child of it's times - flashy, lively, and fun!

rocket
japanophilia
Do not write on the stalactites

The font Arnold Boecklin appeared in 1904 with the font foundry Otto Weisert. Traces of the floral forms of the Jugendstil can still be seen in this typeface. Alphabets of this type were mainly meant for larger point sizes, as on posters. A decorative feel was much more important than legibility and Arnold Boecklin was of particular importance to the book design of the Jugendstil movement.... Read More

replay
zygapophysis
No kicking of balls please

The font Eckmann is named after its designer, Otto Eckmann, and appeared with the Klingspor type foundry in 1900. The influence of the Jugendstil is clear to see in the flowing floral contours of the letters. This font was made for larger point sizes, like on posters, and while relatively legible, it is not meant for smaller print. The font was often used in book titles and advertisements of... Read More

chalet
fiddlesticks
Oppressed people tend to be witty

Tony Wenman designed the display typeface Bottleneck in the early 1970s and its figures reflect the spirit of the times. Its distinguishing characteristic is the extreme heaviness of the serifs in the lower third of the characters, a trait which the viewer could associate with the plateau shoes of the 1970s. Bottleneck is a carefree, playful typeface which can be found even today on... Read More

grapes
zygapophysis
He is a red sucker in our heart

Isabella was designed by Hermann Ihlenburg in 1892 for MacKellar, Smiths and Jordan, one of many type houses that were later amalgamated into American Type Founders. As testimony to its long-lived appeal, Isabella was one of the first PostScript® language typeface releases (in 1988) of Agfa Compugraphic. With its unmistakable 19th-century characteristics - swirls, loops, and surprising letter... Read More

safety
microphysics
Meat fried cat ear the plate

The modular type system FF Stoned is made up of 15 fonts: the basis font FF Stoned Normal, an overlay font FF Stoned Scratches, and 13 ornamental fonts divided as follows: FF Stoned Ornaments One and Two (individual characters), FF Stoned Rule One through Four (for horizontal ornamental lines), FF Stoned Border One and Two (for borders and vertical lines), FF Stoned Mosaic One through Five (for... Read More

replay
bureaucratic
Braise in soy, burnt sneak away

Gérard Mariscalchi is a self-made designer. Born in Southern France of a Spanish mother and an Italian father, he has worked as a mechanic, salesman, pilot, college teacher – even a poet (with poetry being the worst-paying of these professions, he reports.) “Throughout all this, the backbone of my career has always been design,” Mariscalchi says. “I’ve been drawing since I was five, but it... Read More

safety
wunderkinder
Living to fry the beef rice

ITC Ziggy was designed by Bob Alonso, who says it started out as "phone doodles in the early 1970s." Alonso rediscovered the sketches years later, thought they revived the feel of the 70s, and decided to digitize the typeface. He liked the form of the letter Z best, so named the font Ziggy. ITC Ziggy reminds its designer of "elephant bellbottoms" and its style as a display face instantly... Read More

Otto Weisert
Linotype 1902
François Boltana
Linotype 1973
Manvel Shmavonyan and Tatiana Lyskova
ParaType
Günter Jäntsch
Linotype 1973
Alan Meeks
ITC 1978
Otto Weisert
Linotype 1904
Otto Eckmann
Linotype 1900

Adobe
Tony Wenman
ITC 1972
Hermann Ihlenburg
Monotype 1892
Alan Meeks
ITC 1981
Morris Fuller Benton
Bitstream 1910
Theo Nonnen
FontFont 1996
John Roshell
Comicraft
John Roshell
Comicraft
Gérard Mariscalchi
ITC 2006
Bob Alonso
ITC 1997
Profonts Studio
profonts