Hard hitting… Ebony Magazine editor examines “Black Establishment” and “Liberal” Whites in the Negro revolution and predicts massive confrontation of Black and White….

The Negro Mood is a book by Lerone Bennett Jr. (1928–2018), African-American scholar, author, social historian, and long-time executive editor of Ebony magazine. First published in 1964 by Johnson, this is the cover of Ballantine’s paperback edition from 1965 (U5045).

The text is set in Bulletin Typewriter, mostly in all caps, and spiced up with a mix of Zephyr and Gem for the title. Lines and individual words are shown in cut out strips, possibly in reference to ticker tape, alluding to the urgency of the matter. Cover artist unknown.

Diplomat Records, X 1011 (date unknown). The same cover was used for SX 1011 (Stereo, date unknown).

This Christmas LP had a few different covers over the years. “The Caroleers” was a generic name used for one or more groups released by Synthetic Plastics Company-owned novelty or budget labels like Diplomat Records.

The interlocking letters used for the title on (S)X 1011 and NXS 1011 are hand-lettered, and don’t use a typeface – note that none of the repeating letters is identical. In both versions, Filmotype Falcon is used for the group’s name. The Diplomat logo uses Filmotype Zephyr. The song titles are set in all caps from what appears to be News Gothic (white on red) and Futura Condensed (green on white).

In 1971, Diplomat released a different album under the same title (SX 1708), with a similar lettering style for the title. This time, the letters are not custom drawn, but come from a typeface: It’s Filmotype Newton, see the end of this post.

Diplomat Records, NXS 1011 (Stereo, 1959)

Detail with the band name in all-caps Filmotype Falcon

Detail with the Diplomat logo in Filmotype Zephyr

Back cover NXS 1011 (1959). The same design was used for SX 1011 (Stereo, date unknown).

Diplomat Records, SX 1708 (1971). Illustration by George Peed. The band is here listed as “The Caroleer Singers and Orchestra”. The red and yellow letters are from Filmotype Newton, see the specimen below. This film typeface came with a number of alternates that could be inserted manually. On the record cover, the repeating letters are all identical. None of the interlocking alternates were used. The track list appears to be set in caps from Akzidenz-Grotesk.

Detail from an undated Filmomaster specimen (c. 1974), showing Filmotype’s range of interlocking styles. To date, Filmotype Maxwell is the only one to be available in digital form.

This compilation of Greek folk music was published by Diplomat Records. It features “Zorba’s Dance” from the motion picture Zorba the Greek (1964), starring Anthony Quinn.

The big type is Paul Renner’s Futura Display (1932), which was named Futura Schlagzeile (“Headline”) in Germany. In the US, it also circulated as Airport Tourist. This copy made by Baltimore was cast from electrotyped mats derived from the German foundry type. [McGrew] The script typeface is Filmotype Zephyr, originally made in 1952 and digitized in 2012 by Alejandro Paul together with the related Yukon (1958).

The small sans serif appears to be News Gothic Extended. This wide variant was made in two weights by Intertype in 1961 and seems to be unavailable in digital form. Linotype’s Trade Gothic Extended (1959) is largely identical. In ATF’s matrix of gothics, the light wide position was covered by Monotone Gothic, which is less wide than Intertype’s addition.

The text on the record label is set in Vogue [see comments].