Ideodromio magazine logo and covers
Ιδεοδρόμιο, issue 1, Jaunary 1978. The main typefaces on this cover are Kabel Black and Antique Olive Nord.
#Ιδεοδρόμιο, αδέσμευτο περιοδικό πολιτικής δράσης και κουλτούρας / φυλλάδα για την παραγωγή αμφισβήτησης (“Ideodromio, independent magazine for political action and culture” and later “mag for the production of contestation”) was a mostly biweekly magazine designed and published by the artist Leonidas Christakis (1928–2009). 67 issues were published between January 1978 and July 1981. After that, it was circulated somewhat erratically during the 1980s, running 126 issues of varying appearance. The magazine was relaunched in 2003, for at least another nine issues.
Its recognizable logo is based on Flash Bold (Edwin W. Shaar). It remained unaltered for almost all issues of the magazine. While Flash was adopted by Letraset for dry transfer lettering, there probably was no Greek version. Chances are that the capital delta (Δ) is a customized A made by Christakis, with the rest of the letters being repurposed Latin ones. Other type choices on the covers include Greek versions or adaptations of various display faces, including Antique Olive Nord and Futura.
In terms of format, the magazine is in fact a – smartly concealed – folded newspaper.
For more info and images, see the Ideodromio.org website as well as the collection by dr.zoze on 45worlds.
Ιδεοδρόμιο, issue 21, February 1979
Ιδεοδρόμιο, issue 22, March 1979
Ιδεοδρόμιο, issue 18, December 1978, with what appears to be Greek versions of Futura Condensed Extra Bold and Blanchard Solid.
Ιδεοδρόμιο, issue 23, March 1979
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Ιδεοδρόμιο, issue 35, September 1979. The text on the paper in the typewriter is in Cooper Black Italic.
(νέο) Ιδεοδρόμιο, issue 5, 1984
(νέο) Ιδεοδρόμιο, issue 8, September 1985
4 Comments on “Ideodromio magazine logo and covers”
I like the layout and type choices as well as the old style!
I wonder if the tagline is set in a Univers 820 Italic, in a Greek language extension, would it be close enough?
@jay mellor Yeah probably. I’ve been doing some reading lately and turns out Univers was pretty popular at the time.
Is there a digital version of the Antique Olive Nord with Greek character set available anywhere?