Mencken by Carl Bode Contributed by Nick Sherman on Aug 11th, 2012. Artwork published in 1969. Source: bookworship.com License: All Rights Reserved. An astute observation on Book Worship: His name in this typeface looks cool. His name in this typeface 10 more times looks 10 times cooler. The hardback edition was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 1969. A paperback edition by Arcturus followed in 1973. Source: archive.org Internet Archive. License: All Rights Reserved. Typefaces Formats Books (5422) Topics Literature (2505) Designers/Agencies George Lenox (1) Tagged withH.L. Mencken (1)Carl Bode (1)book covers (4794)repetition (683)cropped type (390)crop-and-repeat (69)big type (1490)only type (1105)red and black (998)Southern Illinois University Press (1)Arcturus (1)wall of type (254) Artwork location United States (8300) Carbondale In Sets Cover Design (C. Redmon) (27) Chopped and screwed (Roque Strew) (9) Graphic (Litara Ung) (67) sans serif (Reshid Bey) (21) VGC (Florian Hardwig) (281) Book Design (Lucas Bevilaqua) (1113) Type Only (Lucas Bevilaqua) (78) Favourites (Lucas Bevilaqua) (855) Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More Neil Bold in use Dayspring book cover1972Vonnie de PlataContributed by Indra Kupferschmid Staff Pick ABBA – Ring Ring album era (1972–1973)c. 1972unknownPeter WikingContributed by Alex Bury Cargo Ships1970Contributed by Benjamin Shaykin Sponsor More in Literature Fillip2015The FutureContributed by Sam Baldwin Interchange by Judith Shatnoff, 1st edition1962Paul BaconContributed by Stephen Coles Roller Coaster World by Kenneth Bulmer1972unknownContributed by henry cruickshank Politische Texte seriesc. 1966August BachmeierContributed by Hee Jin More in Books Becoming by Michelle Obama book cover2018Christopher BrandContributed by Stephen Coles This One’s for You by Kate Sweeney2023Theresa EvangelistaContributed by XYZ Type Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonaldc. 1979Robert McGinnisContributed by Stephen Coles Agora – Eden Morfaux, Myr Muratet2019Building ParisContributed by Antoine Elsensohn More Fonts In Use “Spicers Papers are so tempting to print on” ad1967Lou KleinPhoto(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr. Staff Pick M Le Magazine du Monde (2019–)2019Jacobs+Talbourdet-NapoleoneLe MondeContributed by R-Typography Staff Pick Dreams, Los Angeles2021Studio Elana SchlenkerÉlise RigolletContributed by Eliott Grunewald Staff Pick British Film Institute (fictional redesign)2017Isaac RuizContributed by Isaac Ruiz Staff Pick