The Stranger book cover Contributed by Herb Lubalin Study Center on Nov 11th, 2014. Artwork published in circa 1972. Source: https://www.flickr.com © 1972 Vintage Books. License: All Rights Reserved. A nice use of the alternate glyphs from ITC Serif Gothic, which were available at the time from ITC. The bulk of the letters in title on the cover use alternates: t, e, r, a. See the alternates in this promotional from ITC, 1972. Typefaces Formats Books (3325) Topics Literature (1640) Designers/Agencies unknown (1639) Tagged withtight-not-touching (172)tight letterspacing (439)stacked and interlocked (76)book covers (2826)Vintage Books (publisher) (20)alternate glyphs (566)Albert Camus (4)reversed type (1547)early uses (982) Artwork location United States (5447) In Sets Decades (70s) (bluishfleurs) (8) Tight Not Touching (Briar Levit) (27) set 1 (isabel) (71) vintage (isabel) (76) ITC (Florian Hardwig) (321) Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More ITC Serif Gothic in use ITC Serif Gothic in U&lc, Vol. 1 No. 2, 19741974Herb LubalinContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick Elektronika 5 watch advertisement1983V. MysinContributed by Alex Chumak The Thorn Birds, first edition1977Janet HalversonPhoto(s) by Joe Clark on Flickr. Sponsor More in Literature Hauteville House guide2019Atelier PentagonContributed by Swiss Typefaces Cahiers Céline, Gallimard (1976–1988)1976unknownContributed by Malou Messien Auf der Suche nach dem Ultramarin2011René SiegfriedMartin SperlingGreta GröttrupContributed by Andreas Seidel “I Will Not Be Erased” book cover2019unknownContributed by Nick Sherman More in Books uncovered2013Marina SotoContributed by Marina Soto Flor de Santiago by Ruth Varela2017AlpacaLuciano PerondiContributed by CAST Staff Pick Ulysses by James Joyce, Odyssey Press (1932)1932Odyssey PressContributed by Florian Hardwig Dancing Dan’s Christmas1958Cooper & BeattyAllan FlemingContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick More Fonts In Use Daniel Ehrenworth2015Underline StudioContributed by Chris Purcell Staff Pick Wolf-Musterbox2012Wehr & WeissweilerContributed by Florian Hardwig Blog “Not my president”: 2020 Peruvian protests poster series2020Alexandro ValcarcelContributed by Alexandro Valcarcel Staff Pick Heritage: A User’s Manual2016BondContributed by Richard Baird Staff Pick