Popeye magazine No. 880, “Summer Reading 2020”, August 2020
Contributed by Frode Helland (Monokrom Skriftforlag) on Feb 8th, 2021. Artwork published in
circa August 2020
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The talented Tokyo-based design studio Shiroi Rittai is responsible for the art direction of the Japanese long-running men’s fashion magazine Popeye. The “Summer Reading 2020” issue (No. 880) features Nina Stössinger’s Nordvest in capital letters, a setting for which Nina intentionally omitted the usual automatic tracking.
The Popeye masthead, named after the cartoon character, appears to be custom lettering – a refined take on the original logo from 1976. It has some similarities with Frankfurter Highlight, but with the highlights located north-east. The Japanese fonts as well as the geometric sans serif are yet unidentified [edit: see comments].
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“Summer Reading Times” uses Adriane Swash.
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1 Comment on “Popeye magazine No. 880, “Summer Reading 2020”, August 2020”
Our esteemed colleague Akira Yoshino of Typecache kindly provided IDs of the missing typefaces.
どうもありがとう、アキラ！