Mencken by Carl Bode Contributed by Nick Sherman on Aug 11th, 2012. Artwork published in 1969. Source: bookworship.com License: All Rights Reserved. An astute observation on Book Worship: His name in this typeface looks cool. His name in this typeface 10 more times looks 10 times cooler. The hardback edition was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 1969. A paperback edition by Arcturus followed in 1973. Source: archive.org Internet Archive. License: All Rights Reserved. Typefaces Formats Books (4997) Topics Literature (2308) Designers/Agencies George Lenox (1) Tagged withH.L. Mencken (1)Carl Bode (1)book covers (4410)repetition (641)cropped type (358)crop-and-repeat (65)big type (1390)only type (1049)red and black (931)Southern Illinois University Press (1)Arcturus (1)wall of type (254) Artwork location United States (7761) Carbondale In Sets Cover Design (C. Redmon) (27) Chopped and screwed (Roque Strew) (9) Graphic (Litara Ung) (67) sans serif (Reshid Bey) (21) VGC (Florian Hardwig) (265) Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Neil Bold in use Music Man identity (1970s)c. 1975Contributed by Garrison Martin Black Sabbath – “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” / “Changes” international single covers1973unknownContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Edward S. Aarons paperback covers, Fawcett Gold Medal editions, 1969–72c. 1970unknownContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick Sponsor More in Literature Capital: New York, Capital of the 20th Century by Kenneth Goldsmith2015Andy PressmanNeil DonnellyContributed by Love Lagerkvist Creepies, Creepies, Creepies by Helen Hoke (ed.)1977Bill ProsserContributed by Florian Hardwig Sant Jordi 20172017Andrés RequenaOlga CapdevilaContributed by Richard Baird Staff Pick The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Holt, Rinehart and Winston)1970Herb LubalinJay TribichContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick More in Books Nordstadt kocht – Nourishing Nordstadt2015JAC-GestaltungContributed by Anna Giedryś RUFA Annual Report 20182019Intorno DesignRoberta De CristofaroGuido LombardoContributed by intornodesign Staff Pick Flaunt, 2nd Editionc. 2015UnderConsiderationContributed by Florian Runge 30 Years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typografische Monatsblätter2013Louise ParadisRobert HuberContributed by Shiva Nallaperumal More Fonts In Use Ssonsal Mungo: Tanizaki Junichiro (Minumsa)2019Sandoll INCWujin SimSoohyun ParkContributed by Sandoll Inc. Staff Pick Alice Neel: People Come First at de Young museum2022Lizzie BaurAmy BrowneBenjamin ShaykinContributed by Lizzie Baur Staff Pick Ode to Typography / Oda a la tipografía chapbook2021Zach HivelyCasa UrracaContributed by Kontour Staff Pick Warhammer 40,000 novels (Black Library)2018unknownContributed by T Sechelmann Staff Pick