Apparently an adaptation of Milton Glaser’s Baby Fat
Black (in or before 1966), but without lowercase.
Differences most notable in ‘JQ14&’ and the left shadow of
round glyphs. Used already
in 1970. Adopted by Letraset as Fat Shadow. A
c. late 1970s Typeshop catalog shows
a second style, Buxom Full, with solid shade. Shown in
the Phil’s Photo catalog (1980) as Baby Fat Black and
in a VGC catalog (1972) as M-18. Shown in the 5th
revised edition (1976) of Lettera 2 with a Headliners
credit and a “ca. 1970” date.
“Robert Trogman originally designed Buxom for Fotostar in 1975
with lettering from Herman Spinadel.” — MyFonts
“Another Facsimile Font original produced in the offices of
FotoStar International. The lettering artist was Herman Spinadel a
retired New York designer. His work also appears More…
Apparently an adaptation of Milton Glaser’s Baby Fat Black (in or before 1966), but without lowercase. Differences most notable in ‘JQ14&’ and the left shadow of round glyphs. Used already in 1970. Adopted by Letraset as Fat Shadow. A c. late 1970s Typeshop catalog shows a second style, Buxom Full, with solid shade. Shown in the Phil’s Photo catalog (1980) as Baby Fat Black and in a VGC catalog (1972) as M-18. Shown in the 5th revised edition (1976) of Lettera 2 with a Headliners credit and a “ca. 1970” date.
“Robert Trogman originally designed Buxom for Fotostar in 1975 with lettering from Herman Spinadel.” — MyFonts
“Another Facsimile Font original produced in the offices of FotoStar International. The lettering artist was Herman Spinadel a retired New York designer. His work also appears in the Photo Lettering, Inc. catalog.” — Robert Trogman
Digital versions available from ITC, URW (with Outline style), and Elsner+Flake. See also Keepon Truckin NF.
