VGC Typeface Design Competition Announcement Photo(s) by Nick Sherman. Imported from Flickr on Dec 28, 2012. Artwork published in 1964. Source: www.flickr.com Uploaded to Flickr by Nick Sherman and tagged with “pistilliroman”. License: CC BY-NC-SA. Announcement for a national typeface design competition sponsored by Visual Graphics Corporation. Herb Lubalin designed the cover/poster (the first use of Pistilli Roman), Aaron Burns designed the rest. Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design & Typography at Cooper Union; East Village, Manhattan License: All Rights Reserved. License: All Rights Reserved. License: All Rights Reserved. Typefaces Formats Posters/Flyers (3669) Booklets/Pamphlets (1547) Topics Graphic Design (2229) Designers/Agencies Herb Lubalin (30) Aaron Burns (1) Tagged withcompetitions (43)first use (272)type specimens (105)alphabet (40)VGC (9)quote marks (62) Artwork location United States (6643) New York City (1776) In Sets VGC (Florian Hardwig) (231) 2 Comments on “VGC Typeface Design Competition Announcement” Stephen Coles says: Feb 22nd, 2015 8:47 pm Note that the decorative “foxtail” numerals shown here for Pistilli Roman are the oldstyle figures available in addition to the ball-terminaled lining figures found in the specimen that appeared a year later. Florian Hardwig says: Aug 5th, 2020 11:10 am See also the announcement of the competition as shown in Graphis No. 121, also designed by Herb Lubalin and featuring a more extensive glyph set. See also how the accents and punctuation from this showing were reused on the cover of a Harry Volk booklet. Scan courtesy of IADDB. Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Pistilli Roman in use The New Yorkers book cover1969Paul BaconContributed by Stephen Coles Ariana Grande, “thank u, next” lyric video2018Chris ShelleyContributed by Florence Fu Solisto 15/16 game1975unknownContributed by Stephen Coles Sponsor More in Graphic Design System Trifft Utopie2018Timo WrageContributed by Swiss Typefaces Sam Fox Fall 2017 calendarc. 2017Jee KimContributed by Jee Kim 2011 Brand New Awards Book2011Armin VitUnderConsiderationContributed by Stephen Coles Antarctica poster series2018Madison SummersContributed by Maddie Summers More in Booklets/Pamphlets 34e festival international de Mode, de Photographie, et d’Accessoires de mode at Villa Noailles, Hyères: identity2019Marc ArmandContributed by Alex Slobzheninov La Biennale Européenne du Patrimoine Urbain2016Yann Ottune briqueContributed by PampaType Team Staff Pick IsGlobal2012MuchoContributed by Stephen Coles Strandbude Morak visual identity2020Agentur LuxContributed by David Gobber Staff Pick More Fonts In Use Gage & Tollner2020OrderContributed by XYZ Type Staff Pick TV Nova graphics2014Marek PistoraTomáš BrousilTV NovaContributed by Briefcase Type Foundry Staff Pick Kamala Harris: For The People2019Wide Eye CreativeContributed by Yves Peters Staff Pick Théâtre Musical de Paris Châtelet editorial projectsc. 2019GraphéineContributed by Graphéine Staff Pick
2 Comments on “VGC Typeface Design Competition Announcement”
Note that the decorative “foxtail” numerals shown here for Pistilli Roman are the oldstyle figures available in addition to the ball-terminaled lining figures found in the specimen that appeared a year later.
See also the announcement of the competition as shown in Graphis No. 121, also designed by Herb Lubalin and featuring a more extensive glyph set. See also how the accents and punctuation from this showing were reused on the cover of a Harry Volk booklet.