The words "General Dynamics" in Erik Nitsche's Atoms for Peace poster put a question mark in a balloon over my head. 1955? That looked a lot like, if not exactly like, the Eurostile Bold Extended font. I looked up its history. Wikipedia said that font wasn't designed by Aldo Novarese until 1962!
But before claiming that I had found a time warp, I read further. I knew Eurostile was very similar to Microgramma.
Which was also designed by Aldo Novarese, with a partner.
In 1952.
Never mind.
Presumably Erik Nitsche could have seen Microgramma Bold Extended during the three years prior to designing the poster.
(I began being attentive to these fonts around 1977. We are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of General Technics, a loose group of science fiction fans. Among other social activities, GT started publishing fanzines. The headlines and the words "General Technics" were always spelled with waxy rub-on letters using a Letraset product, Microgramma Bold Extended. That's how I, though untrained in typography, came to recognize the font. Already it was the Font of Tomorrow, as numerous science fiction movies will illustrate. Later I learned about Eurostile, which is distinguishable from Microgramma ony to an expert.) (Yes, I came to own a copy of TYPESET IN THE FUTURE by Dave Addey, once it existed.)
I saw this show! I was in NYC for my 60th birthday celebration and happened to see an ad on the subway--my hotel was only a short walk away. Extraordinary exhibit. You are exactly right that the physicality of the works is completely lost on the internet. They lose something essential without seeing them in the correct size, with paper texture, and so forth. I wish they would tour this show (I asked, they had no plans to tour) or publish it as a book (I asked, they had no plans for a book) so I took cell phone photos. :)
Those bold colors in some of the posters, especially the General Dynamics one, remind me a lot of the bold coloring that was featured in many of the WPA posters of the Depression.
The words "General Dynamics" in Erik Nitsche's Atoms for Peace poster put a question mark in a balloon over my head. 1955? That looked a lot like, if not exactly like, the Eurostile Bold Extended font. I looked up its history. Wikipedia said that font wasn't designed by Aldo Novarese until 1962!
But before claiming that I had found a time warp, I read further. I knew Eurostile was very similar to Microgramma.
Which was also designed by Aldo Novarese, with a partner.
In 1952.
Never mind.
Presumably Erik Nitsche could have seen Microgramma Bold Extended during the three years prior to designing the poster.
(I began being attentive to these fonts around 1977. We are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of General Technics, a loose group of science fiction fans. Among other social activities, GT started publishing fanzines. The headlines and the words "General Technics" were always spelled with waxy rub-on letters using a Letraset product, Microgramma Bold Extended. That's how I, though untrained in typography, came to recognize the font. Already it was the Font of Tomorrow, as numerous science fiction movies will illustrate. Later I learned about Eurostile, which is distinguishable from Microgramma ony to an expert.) (Yes, I came to own a copy of TYPESET IN THE FUTURE by Dave Addey, once it existed.)
I saw this show! I was in NYC for my 60th birthday celebration and happened to see an ad on the subway--my hotel was only a short walk away. Extraordinary exhibit. You are exactly right that the physicality of the works is completely lost on the internet. They lose something essential without seeing them in the correct size, with paper texture, and so forth. I wish they would tour this show (I asked, they had no plans to tour) or publish it as a book (I asked, they had no plans for a book) so I took cell phone photos. :)
Those bold colors in some of the posters, especially the General Dynamics one, remind me a lot of the bold coloring that was featured in many of the WPA posters of the Depression.
Some posters protesting against French nuclear bomb testing in the Pacific.
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcommonslibrary.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FNZ-anti-nuclear-poster-2.jpg&tbnid=xvZsDN_ZSMM84M&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcommonslibrary.org%2Ffrom-protest-to-politics-the-effectiveness-of-civil-society-in-shaping-the-nuclear-free-policy-in-aotearoa-new-zealand%2F&docid=V7PZTtsHecQtPM&w=564&h=784&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F2&kgs=ffa3b3a7de062e26&shem=isst#imgrc=irnZiUOlqaW4MM&imgdii=VTSQBaoUuYbXoM
Nutz, the image comes up for like a half second and then the pages blank,...
Try this
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcommonslibrary.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FNZ-anti-nuclear-poster-2.jpg&tbnid=xvZsDN_ZSMM84M&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcommonslibrary.org%2Ffrom-protest-to-politics-the-effectiveness-of-civil-society-in-shaping-the-nuclear-free-policy-in-aotearoa-new-zealand%2F&docid=V7PZTtsHecQtPM&w=564&h=784&itg=1&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F2&kgs=9f741d794d75f982&shem=isst
MUCH better, thank you!