Ants Never Sleep!!! And other profound thoughts for poster lovers
Cover with typography in Chwast Art Tone and Orplid.
Vintage Hallmark booklet featuring small, removable posters. No date or design credit but I’m guessing 1970–1971. Contents have a strong Push Pin vibe. Maybe early work by one of their illustrators?
The fonts in use were all included in the library of Photo-Lettering, Inc., and shown in their One Line Manual of Styles from 1971. Several of them — Chwast Art Tone, Davison Impacta, Davison Display — were exclusively available from the NYC type house. West Bubble Gum Blockshadow was introduced in the 1969 Alphabet Yearbook.
“There’s only one thing wrong with the rat race … The rats are winning!” in Windsor Elongated.
“Never bite the foot that stomps your grapes”. This appears to be a slightly condensed version of Davison Impacta. The counters were either manually added, or available as alternates.
“They can’t fire us!!! … Slaves have to be sold.” This poster uses another face by Meyer “Dave” Davison: It is the “A” style from his Davison Display series.
“When you’re down and out lift your head & shout… HELP” Set in caps from Neue Aurora IX.
“It pays to be a nice person … about 9¢ an hour!” in West Bubble Gum Blockshadow.
“Things Are Never As Bad As They Seem … The’re Worse” in Goudy Heavyface Condensed Swash.
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According to the Peculiar Manicule, (I thought) some posters are drawn by illustrators Mike Strouth, and Larry Bowser.