Origin unclear. Apparently an adaptation of Milton Glaser’s
Baby
Fat Black (in or before 1966), but without lowercase.
Differences most notable in ‘JQ14&’ and the left shadow of
round glyphs. Used already
in 1969. Shown in Fürst’s 1970 catalog as Buxom,
without source credits. Shown in a VGC catalog (1972) with alias
M-18, indicating it was adopted from Filmotype. Shown
in the 5th revised edition (1976) of Lettera 2 as
Buxom, with a Headliners credit and a “ca. 1970” date.
Adopted by Letraset in their Letragraphica range as Fat
Shadow. [Letraset 1976] Shown as Buxom in an
undated (post-1981)
FotoStar catalog as Buxom. Shown in the Phil’s
Photo catalog (1980) as Baby Fat Black. Typeshop shows
a second style, Buxom Full, with solid shade.
[Typeshop c.1977]
“Robert Trogman originally designed Buxom for Fotostar in 1975
with lettering from Herman Spinadel.” [MyFonts]
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Origin unclear. Apparently an adaptation of Milton Glaser’s Baby Fat Black (in or before 1966), but without lowercase. Differences most notable in ‘JQ14&’ and the left shadow of round glyphs. Used already in 1969. Shown in Fürst’s 1970 catalog as Buxom, without source credits. Shown in a VGC catalog (1972) with alias M-18, indicating it was adopted from Filmotype. Shown in the 5th revised edition (1976) of Lettera 2 as Buxom, with a Headliners credit and a “ca. 1970” date. Adopted by Letraset in their Letragraphica range as Fat Shadow. [Letraset 1976] Shown as Buxom in an undated (post-1981) FotoStar catalog as Buxom. Shown in the Phil’s Photo catalog (1980) as Baby Fat Black. Typeshop shows a second style, Buxom Full, with solid shade. [Typeshop c.1977]
“Robert Trogman originally designed Buxom for Fotostar in 1975 with lettering from Herman Spinadel.” [MyFonts]
“Another Facsimile Font original produced in the offices of FotoStar International. The lettering artist was Herman Spinadel a retired New York designer. His work also appears in the Photo Lettering, Inc. catalog.” [Robert Trogman]
Digital versions available from ITC, URW (with Outline style), and Elsner+Flake. See also Keepon Truckin NF.
