1960s typography

A fun set of matchbooks made by the Ohio Match Company showing days of the week set in different typefaces. Monday is set in ATF Stencil, Tuesday is set in ITC Grouch, Wednesday is set in Buxom, Thursday is set in Egyptienne Bold Extended, Friday is set in Futura Prisma by Photo

In which I round up 30 groovy fonts that harken back to the psychedelic era of the 1960s and 1970s. For flower children and retro lovers alike.

Perfect in its imperfection, Psychedelic Xylophones is a retro trippy hippie font that brings a hand-lettered groove to your text graphics. It features a lar...

1962

This presentation will be a synthesis of the main graphic design trends that evolved during the 1960s, 1980s and 2000s. I will give examples of iconic graphic designers for each period and correla…

Beyond the Fringe Bennett, Cook, Miller, Moore Capitol SW1792 1962

Typographic styles. Peignot was the most widely used font during the Art Deco period. There are also images of other font that we could maybe use in the poster designs. &nbsp…

Adobe Fonts Through the Decades - 1970s. When working on a brand or campaign, it’s not uncommon for a client to reference a particular era. Colour and style will certainly round out a periodical style, but the true key to evoking an era is by using the right typography. There are so many beautiful typefaces available for purchase, but a fantastic place […]

Bill Adler (editor) - Best Campus Humor of the Swinging '60s Signet Books P3383, 1968 Cover photo uncredited