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Axe on Wax posters

Contributed by Cristiano Trapani on Mar 4th, 2018. Artwork published in .
Axe on Wax posters 1
Source: www.behance.net Caterina Bianchini. License: CC BY-NC-ND.

Poster series designed by Caterina Bianchini for Axe on Wax, a London based record label with artists like Chaos in the CBD, Boo Williams and Marlon Hoffstadt. The posters use a variety of fonts, including several freebies or system fonts, with Pretorian being a recurring theme.

The open-source Eczar paired with Pretorian, all in distorted caps
Source: www.behance.net Caterina Bianchini. License: CC BY-NC-ND.

The open-source Eczar paired with Pretorian, all in distorted caps

The blue type appears to be Flames, a free digitization of Mecanorma’s Dreamline.
Source: www.behance.net Caterina Bianchini. License: CC BY-NC-ND.

The blue type appears to be Flames, a free digitization of Mecanorma’s Dreamline.

Axe on Wax posters 4
Source: www.behance.net Caterina Bianchini. License: CC BY-NC-ND.
Lydia is a digitization of the Bold Condensed weights of Lydian.
Source: www.behance.net Caterina Bianchini. License: CC BY-NC-ND.

Lydia is a digitization of the Bold Condensed weights of Lydian.

Axe on Wax posters 6
Source: www.behance.net Caterina Bianchini. License: CC BY-NC-ND.
The big type appears to be outlined Grease, a highlight version of Cooper Black.
Source: www.behance.net Caterina Bianchini. License: CC BY-NC-ND.

The big type appears to be outlined Grease, a highlight version of Cooper Black.

Axe on Wax posters 8
Source: www.behance.net Caterina Bianchini. License: CC BY-NC-ND.

7 Comments on “Axe on Wax posters”

  1. The text “Bikini Waxx Records,” “BYOB,” “Axe on Wax” and “11 04 17” appears to be Stephenson Blake’s Impact on the sixth image.

  2. The gum wrap on the first image shows AXE ON WAX in Futura Condensed Bold and ON TOUR in a mechanically-stretched Neue Helvetica.

  3. I found a stretched use of SF Hallucination for the 6th image. With this, I could pass the riddle when I get to it!

  4. Well spotted, Jay! Added.

  5. The third image appears to be using Blackoak or a similar typeface.

  6. Thank you, Bryson!

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