Collective entry for a two similar phototype designs.
Epic is listed in a 1968 Lettergraphics catalog in
four all-caps styles; Epic, E. Solid, E. Outline, E. Shaded. Allan Haley claims to
be the designer of Epic Shaded. A 1976 catalog
additionally shows a lowercase.
Hollywood by FotoStar/Facsimile Fonts is a very similar
design without lowercase. It is listed in Berthold’s
E1 (1974) in three styles — Hollywood
(solid w/ outlined shade), H. Outline (outlined letter & shade),
H. Shaded (solid
shade). Also shown in Affolter & Gschwind’s catalog (1981)
[Devroye]).
The same series is shown
in Homage to the Alphabet as Cinema
(One = Shaded, Two = Outline, Three = regular) [Phil’s Photo,
1980]. Film Cinema Shaded is credited for a 1977 use
[AIGA].
Castcraft has a digital version of a shadowless style as
OPTICinema Solid.
To add confusion, Castcraft shows both Epic and
Hollywood/Cinema as “Cinema” [More…
Collective entry for a two similar phototype designs.
Epic is listed in a 1968 Lettergraphics catalog in four all-caps styles; Epic, E. Solid, E. Outline, E. Shaded. Allan Haley claims to be the designer of Epic Shaded. A 1976 catalog additionally shows a lowercase.
Hollywood by FotoStar/Facsimile Fonts is a very similar design without lowercase. It is listed in Berthold’s E1 (1974) in three styles — Hollywood (solid w/ outlined shade), H. Outline (outlined letter & shade), H. Shaded (solid shade). Also shown in Affolter & Gschwind’s catalog (1981) [Devroye]). The same series is shown in Homage to the Alphabet as Cinema (One = Shaded, Two = Outline, Three = regular) [Phil’s Photo, 1980]. Film Cinema Shaded is credited for a 1977 use [AIGA]. Castcraft has a digital version of a shadowless style as OPTICinema Solid.
To add confusion, Castcraft shows both Epic and Hollywood/Cinema as “Cinema” [Castcraft 1978]. Both series have wide round alternates for ‘CEGOQ’, Hollywood/Cinema additionally for ‘S’. In Epic’s ‘E’, the bar is higher and the inner shadow meets the lower curve, see the sample. Other differences in Epic include the ‘Q’ (shorter interior bar), the ‘U’ (asymmetrical), and the ampersand.
