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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“Immigrants and revolutionists” ad by Typographic House1969

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

“Immigrants and revolutionists” ad by Typographic House

Biche launch campaign2026

Tida Tep

Contributed by Tida Tep

“Take away their uniforms and who are they.” Jockey ad1977

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

Sponsor

PlugRadio + Pallone poster seriesc. 2025

UAGB

Contributed by Ugo Bosco

The Dave Brubeck Quartet – At Carnegie Hall album art1963

Horn/Griner

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

Bijelo Dugme band logo and cover artc. 1974

Dragan S. Stefanović

Contributed by Nicolas Greenwood

Julian Bream – Lute Suites Nos. 1 by J.S. Bach and 2 album art1966

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Julian Bream – <cite>Lute Suites Nos. 1 by J.S. Bach and 2</cite> album art

Georges Chelon – Georges Chelon album art1968

unknown

Photo(s) by Buro Destruct on Flickr.

Western Birds. An Audubon Handbook by John Farrand Jr.1988

Massimo Vignelli
Dix Type

Contributed by Spencer Lachmanec

<cite>Western Birds. An Audubon Handbook</cite> by John Farrand Jr.

Staff Pick

The New York Times Magazine, “The Lives They Lived” 2024 issue2024

Gail Bichler
Annie Jen

Contributed by Nguyen Gobber

Staff Pick

AirGo Radio identity2022

Hans Slade

Contributed by Hans Slade

Black American Politics. From the Washington marches to Jesse Jackson by Manning Marable1985

Adrian Yeeles
Peter Kennard

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Black American Politics. From the Washington marches to Jesse Jackson</cite> by Manning Marable

Triumph TR7 magazine ads1977

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

This Perfect Day by Ira Levin, Dell1979

Photo(s) by Make It Old on Flickr.

Adam & Eve – Wenn die Sonne erwacht album art1972

unknown

Photo(s) by Buro Destruct on Flickr.

Photos of Southern Canada wall calendar2025

Spencer Lachmanec

Contributed by Spencer Lachmanec

“The Dawn of Color TV in 1980” poster2025

Hyper Pension

Contributed by Hyper Pension

Lisp Style & Design by Molly M. Miller and Eric Benson1990

David Ford

Contributed by D Jones

<cite>Lisp Style & Design</cite> by Molly M. Miller and Eric Benson

Repton 2 video game1985

Contributed by D Jones

“Our CAT eats Apples!” Dick Smith CAT magazine ad1984

unknown

Contributed by Antonia Taylor

“Our CAT eats Apples!” Dick Smith CAT magazine<span class="nbsp"> </span>ad

Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet – Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Quartet in E-Flat, Opus 87 album art1973

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

George Beverly Shea – There Is More to Life album art1970

unknown

Contributed by Javi Gonzalez

Alec Wilder & His Friends. The Words and Sounds of… by Whitney Balliett1974

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Alec Wilder & His Friends. The Words and Sounds of…</cite> by Whitney Balliett

Allen Ginsberg – First Blues: Rags, Ballads and Harmonium Songs album art1981

Ronald Clyne

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

Puccini – Il Tabarro album art1971

unknown

Contributed by Javi Gonzalez

Crois pas qu’on dort campaign and titles2025

Aletheia
We Are Pi
CC Studio

Contributed by Aletheia

Staff Pick

Dave Brubeck Quartet – My Favorite Things album art1966

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Tubi (2024 rebrand)2024

DixonBaxi

Contributed by Mark Butchko

Crois pas qu’on dort booklet2025

Fakepaper

Contributed by Fakepaper

<cite>Crois pas qu’on dort</cite> booklet

Staff Pick

Canned Heat – Vintage album art1970

The Graffiteria

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

16mm film box by Universal 8 Filmsc. 1977

unknown

Contributed by Bryson Stohr

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

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

unknown

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

<cite>Darlin’ Bill: A Love Story of the Wild West</cite> by Jerome 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 OTT Ornamental-&-Title-Type

<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

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Uses tagged with “tight-not-touching”

“Immigrants and revolutionists” ad by Typographic House1969

Biche launch campaign2026

“Take away their uniforms and who are they.” Jockey ad1977

PlugRadio + Pallone poster seriesc. 2025

The Dave Brubeck Quartet – At Carnegie Hall album art1963

Bijelo Dugme band logo and cover artc. 1974

Julian Bream – Lute Suites Nos. 1 by J.S. Bach and 2 album art1966

Georges Chelon – Georges Chelon album art1968

Western Birds. An Audubon Handbook by John Farrand Jr.1988

The New York Times Magazine, “The Lives They Lived” 2024 issue2024

AirGo Radio identity2022

Black American Politics. From the Washington marches to Jesse Jackson by Manning Marable1985

Triumph TR7 magazine ads1977

This Perfect Day by Ira Levin, Dell1979

Adam & Eve – Wenn die Sonne erwacht album art1972

Photos of Southern Canada wall calendar2025

“The Dawn of Color TV in 1980” poster2025

Lisp Style & Design by Molly M. Miller and Eric Benson1990

Repton 2 video game1985

“Our CAT eats Apples!” Dick Smith CAT magazine ad1984

Arthur Rubinstein, Guarneri Quartet – Antonín Dvořák’s Piano Quartet in E-Flat, Opus 87 album art1973

George Beverly Shea – There Is More to Life album art1970

Alec Wilder & His Friends. The Words and Sounds of… by Whitney Balliett1974

Allen Ginsberg – First Blues: Rags, Ballads and Harmonium Songs album art1981

Puccini – Il Tabarro album art1971

Crois pas qu’on dort campaign and titles2025

Dave Brubeck Quartet – My Favorite Things album art1966

Tubi (2024 rebrand)2024

Crois pas qu’on dort booklet2025

Canned Heat – Vintage album art1970

16mm film box by Universal 8 Filmsc. 1977

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