Tight-not-touching

A spacing method common in the phototypesetting era in which letters are tracked as tight as possible without overlapping. For even closer tracking, see tight letterspacing.

Uses tagged with “tight-not-touching”

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Plastic Act – See It in Time EP2023

Josh Herlihey

Contributed by Mark Butchko

Staff Pick

Electric Lady Studios logoc. 1969

John Storyk

Contributed by Reybach C

Staff Pick

Common Lisp: the Language by Guy L. Steele Jr.1984

David Ford

Contributed by D Jones

Sponsor

Letraset Catalogue of Instant Lettering Typefaces & Other Graphic Art Products1966

Letraset

Contributed by Jan Maack

<cite>Letraset Catalogue of Instant Lettering Typefaces & Other Graphic Art Products</cite>

Philippe Tourriol website2024

WA75
Yorel Cayla
Laurent Mészáros

Contributed by Yorel Cayla

Staff Pick

Giannis Haroulis 2024 Summer Tour poster2024

Manos Siganos

Contributed by David Jonathan Ross

Giannis Haroulis 2024 Summer Tour poster

Staff Pick

Lincoln “What a luxury car should be” adsc. 1986

Young & Rubicam
JWT

Contributed by Jay Handley

Percy Faith and His Orchestra and Chorus – For Those in Love album art1968

Frank Bez

Contributed by Javi Gonzalez

Frames / Commedia dell’arte exhibitionc. 2023

Tereza Maco

Contributed by Yevgeniy Anfalov

Datashock – Geltungsbereich Universum artwork2023

mm, m
Manuel Wesely
Pascal Hector

Contributed by Manuel Wesely

Henry Mancini – Big Screen, Little Screen album art1972

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Henry Mancini – <cite>Big Screen, Little Screen</cite> album art

Roy Clark – The Incredible Roy Clark album art1971

Ruby Mazur

Contributed by Javi Gonzalez

Evil Come, Evil Go by Whit Masterson, 1962 Permabooks edition1962

Contributed by Nick Sherman

<cite>Evil Come, Evil Go</cite> by Whit Masterson, 1962 Permabooks edition

The New York Times Magazine, “Great Performers” issue 20242024

The New York Times Magazine
Annie Jen
Ben Grandgenett

Contributed by Lineto

<cite>The New York Times Magazine</cite>, “Great Performers” issue 2024

Staff Pick

6809 Mnemonic Assembler manual1979

unknown

Contributed by D Jones

VEEPS identity2023

Porto Rocha

Contributed by Lineto

Old Age by Simone de Beauvoir (André Deutsch)1972

unknown

Contributed by D Jones

<cite>Old Age</cite> by Simone de Beauvoir (André Deutsch)

Losing Battles by Eudora Welty1970

John Kashiwabara
Mary M. Ahern

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Losing Battles</cite> by Eudora Welty

Staff Pick

Pentel ad: “I told Pentel what to do with their pens.”1971

Archie Boston Jr.

Contributed by Stephen Coles

Pentel ad: “I told Pentel what to do with their pens.”

After Black Lives Matter book covers2023

Chantal Jahchan

Contributed by Nick Sherman

<cite>After Black Lives Matter</cite> book covers

Staff Pick

Darlin’ Bill: A Love Story of the Wild West by Jerome Charyn1980

Loretta Trezzo

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<span><cite>Darlin’ Bill: A Love Story of the Wild West</cite> by Jerome </span> Charyn

Lenali posterc. 1978

Tony Di Spigna

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Nike Women Paris: Own the Floor Dance Battle2023

Nike

Contributed by Sharp Type

Die Meerhexe by Alistair MacLean1978

Volkmar Reiter

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Die Meerhexe</cite> by Alistair MacLean

The New York Times Magazine, “The Lives They Lived” 2023 issue2023

Claudia Isabel Rubín
Ben Grandgenett
Gail Bichler

Contributed by Eliott Grunewald

<cite>The New York Times Magazine</cite>, “The Lives They Lived” 2023 issue

Staff Pick

CBS News & Charles Kuralt – The Incredible Year album art1968

unknown

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Valentine Pontifex by Robert Silverberg1983

Loretta Trezzo

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Valentine Pontifex</cite> by Robert Silverberg

Staff Pick

McCoy Tyner – Sahara album art1972

Ron Warwell

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

Willkommen in Mannheim zur Bundesgartenschau 1975 album art1975

unknown

Photo(s) by Klaus Hiltscher on Flickr.

Pascal User Manual and Report by Kathleen Jensen & Niklaus Wirthc. 1978

unknown

Contributed by D Jones

<cite>Pascal User Manual and Report</cite> by Kathleen Jensen & Niklaus Wirth

Staff Pick

“Smirnoff...the light drink that’s heavy” ad1971

unknown

Contributed by Herb Lubalin Study Center

“Smirnoff...the light drink that’s heavy” ad

Lords of the Earth. A history of the Navajo Indians by Jules Loh1971

Walter Harper
unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Lords of the Earth. A history of the Navajo Indians</cite> by Jules Loh

Getting Off by Don Carpenter1971

unknown

Contributed by Garrison Martin

<cite>Getting Off</cite> by Don Carpenter

Stress and the Art of Biofeedback by Barbara B. Brown1977

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Stress and the Art of Biofeedback</cite> by Barbara B. Brown

Hailu Mergia – Pioneer Works Swing (Live) album art2023

Daniel Kent
Callum Abbott
Mei Lenehan

Contributed by Eliott Grunewald

Staff Pick

Waylon Jennings – Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town album art1973

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Computer Graphics for the IBM Personal Computer and Microcomputer Graphics by Donald Hearn and M. Pauline Baker1983

Jeanette Jacobs

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Computer Graphics for the IBM Personal Computer</cite> and <cite>Microcomputer Graphics</cite> by Donald Hearn and M.<span class="nbsp"> </span>Pauline Baker

Algorithms & Data Structures by Niklaus Wirth1986

unknown

Contributed by Sander de Jong

Herbie Mann – Memphis Underground album art1969

The Graffiteria

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

The Torero Band – Tijuana Christmas (Australia) album art1968

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

The Torero Band – <cite>Tijuana Christmas</cite> (Australia) album art

CLIP website2023

Manyone

Contributed by Jan Maack

BiteSize Learning rebrand2023

Meridy Parsons
Guy Parsons

Contributed by Guy Parsons

Staff Pick

Avalanche Express movie posters1979

Larry Salk
unknown

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

<cite>Avalanche Express</cite> movie posters

Galaxy of Terror (a.k.a. Planet of Horrors) print ad and lobby cards1981

unknown

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

Warren Presents Alien Invasions Comix (Warren Publishing)1979

Kim McQuaite

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

Warren Presents Alien Invasions Comix (Warren Publishing)

Night of Masks by Andre Norton (Fawcett Crest)1981

Ken Barr
unknown

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

Starcrash video cover1986

Charter Entertainment
unknown

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

Datsun brochure covers1976

unknown

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

Aviation/Space Dictionary (sixth edition) by Ernest J. Gentle and Lawrence W. Reithmaier1980

unknown

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

<span><cite>Aviation/Space Dictionary</cite> (sixth edition) by Ernest J. Gentle and Lawrence W. Reithmaier</span>

Star Wars Read-Along Adventures and Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell album covers1983

Buena Vista Records
unknown

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

Farthest Star by Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson (Ballantine Books first edition)1975

Philip Perlman

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

<cite>Farthest Star</cite> by Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson (Ballantine Books first edition)

Search the Sky by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth (Bantam Books)1977

unknown

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

<cite>Search the Sky</cite> by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth (Bantam Books)

The Spinners – Spinners Live! album art1975

PorterWagnerDesign

Contributed by Rob Hudson

The Spinners – <cite>Spinners Live!</cite> album art

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom movie posters and film titles1984

Mike Salisbury
Modern Film Effects
Mike Vaughan

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

<cite>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom</cite> movie posters and film titles

Staff Pick

Raiders of the Lost Ark titles and credits1981

MGM Title Department

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

Disneyland Space Mountain promotional poster, flyer, bumper sticker1977

unknown

Contributed by Patrick Concannon

Staff Pick

Hank Mobley – Hi Voltage album art1968

Reid Miles

Contributed by Rob Hudson

Hank Mobley – <cite>Hi Voltage</cite> album art

John Coltrane – A Love Supreme album art1965

George Gray
Viceroy
Joe Lebow

Contributed by Rob Hudson

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – Soul Finger album art1965

Jim Schubert

Contributed by Rob Hudson

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – <cite>Soul Finger</cite> album art

Staff Pick

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Uses tagged with “tight-not-touching”

Plastic Act – See It in Time EP2023

Electric Lady Studios logoc. 1969

Common Lisp: the Language by Guy L. Steele Jr.1984

Letraset Catalogue of Instant Lettering Typefaces & Other Graphic Art Products1966

Philippe Tourriol website2024

Giannis Haroulis 2024 Summer Tour poster2024

Lincoln “What a luxury car should be” adsc. 1986

Percy Faith and His Orchestra and Chorus – For Those in Love album art1968

Frames / Commedia dell’arte exhibitionc. 2023

Datashock – Geltungsbereich Universum artwork2023

Henry Mancini – Big Screen, Little Screen album art1972

Roy Clark – The Incredible Roy Clark album art1971

Evil Come, Evil Go by Whit Masterson, 1962 Permabooks edition1962

The New York Times Magazine, “Great Performers” issue 20242024

6809 Mnemonic Assembler manual1979

VEEPS identity2023

Old Age by Simone de Beauvoir (André Deutsch)1972

Losing Battles by Eudora Welty1970

Pentel ad: “I told Pentel what to do with their pens.”1971

After Black Lives Matter book covers2023

Darlin’ Bill: A Love Story of the Wild West by Jerome Charyn1980

Lenali posterc. 1978

Nike Women Paris: Own the Floor Dance Battle2023

Die Meerhexe by Alistair MacLean1978

The New York Times Magazine, “The Lives They Lived” 2023 issue2023

CBS News & Charles Kuralt – The Incredible Year album art1968

Valentine Pontifex by Robert Silverberg1983

McCoy Tyner – Sahara album art1972

Willkommen in Mannheim zur Bundesgartenschau 1975 album art1975

Pascal User Manual and Report by Kathleen Jensen & Niklaus Wirthc. 1978

“Smirnoff...the light drink that’s heavy” ad1971

Lords of the Earth. A history of the Navajo Indians by Jules Loh1971

Getting Off by Don Carpenter1971

Stress and the Art of Biofeedback by Barbara B. Brown1977

Hailu Mergia – Pioneer Works Swing (Live) album art2023

Waylon Jennings – Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town album art1973

Computer Graphics for the IBM Personal Computer and Microcomputer Graphics by Donald Hearn and M. Pauline Baker1983

Algorithms & Data Structures by Niklaus Wirth1986

Herbie Mann – Memphis Underground album art1969

The Torero Band – Tijuana Christmas (Australia) album art1968

CLIP website2023

BiteSize Learning rebrand2023

Avalanche Express movie posters1979

Galaxy of Terror (a.k.a. Planet of Horrors) print ad and lobby cards1981

Warren Presents Alien Invasions Comix (Warren Publishing)1979

Night of Masks by Andre Norton (Fawcett Crest)1981

Starcrash video cover1986

Datsun brochure covers1976

Aviation/Space Dictionary (sixth edition) by Ernest J. Gentle and Lawrence W. Reithmaier1980

Star Wars Read-Along Adventures and Rebel Mission to Ord Mantell album covers1983

Farthest Star by Frederik Pohl & Jack Williamson (Ballantine Books first edition)1975

Search the Sky by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth (Bantam Books)1977

The Spinners – Spinners Live! album art1975

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom movie posters and film titles1984

Raiders of the Lost Ark titles and credits1981

Disneyland Space Mountain promotional poster, flyer, bumper sticker1977

Hank Mobley – Hi Voltage album art1968

John Coltrane – A Love Supreme album art1965

Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers – Soul Finger album art1965