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Visual Guide to the 70's Tyopgraphic Smörgasbord (The Grand Funk)

The eclectic letter resource for every beatnik in creative fields

Jay Mellor

Last edited February 10, 2023

"Turn on, tune in, boot up, drop out!" A constantly changing reference list of unique/experimental/psychedelic typographic possibilities in the inspiration between the late-1960s to the mid-1970s, serving as the source mostly in your work or in other words, personal/commercial projects.

Originally released in 1970 by Hollenstein.

FF Zan is a fun titling typeface that started its life as part of the phototype collection of Hollenstein in 1970. Originally designed as... Read More

Made in 1972 by Othmar Motter of Voralberger Grafik, Austria. Originally distributed by Berthold (for phototypesetting) and Letraset (for dry-transfer)

Made by Marcus Sterz in 2009.

Released in 1966 by VGC (Visual Graphics Corporation).

Originally drawn for Schaedler in the 70s(?). Aliases are Leo and Dorsch (Castcraft).

Originally released in 1970 by Letraset.

Premier font was designed by Colin Brignall. Premier Lightline displays all the elegance and sophistacation of the 1920s and 30s and... Read More

Digital interpretation based on Dave Davison's version of J.M. Bergling's unnamed "poster and sign card alphabet" in 1914 as Davison Arabesque (published by Photo-Lettering Inc.) in 1968.

Originally designed by Meyer “Dave” Davison in 1968 for Photo-Lettering Inc. Adopted by Mecanorma for dry-transfer in or before 1969.

A 1975 revision and expansion of Metrecal's custom typeface (which is Bauhaus Geometric) by Ed Benguiat and Victor Caruso. The original alternate glyphs for this font were 'ersxyæœMNSX" but not shown in the digital version.

One example of the many organic and liquified typefaces was designed by Kadek Mahardika and published by Creativemedialab in 2022.

Influenced by Benguiat Charisma Script (Photo-Lettering, 1970). As seen in Typony Core 4 and 6 as Cornel.

Alan Meeks designed the Candice typeface in 1976. A groovy swirl of a font, Candice looks like an ice cream sundae topped with whipped... Read More

Originally released by Reinhold in 1892. This typeface was revived for phototypesetting in by Lettergraphics and others, and Letraset did a dry-transfer version.

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... Read More