An independent archive of typography.
Topics
Formats
Typefaces

Bird Infirmary by Eva Engholm

Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Jul 21st, 2024. Artwork published in .
Bird Infirmary by Eva Engholm 1
Source: archive.org Internet Archive (edited). License: All Rights Reserved.

ITC Ronda Light with several of its many alternates – spurless r, two-story a, and round y – for a book about nursing birds back to health. From the inner flap:

Long before bird-watching became fashionable, the author was a devoted healer of birds and spent much of her adolescence warding off thoughtless children who annoyed them. The subject of several favorable advance reviews, this illustrated book recounts her varied and touching adventures as a caretaker for wounded and abandoned birds.

The official digital version covers only one of three original weights. The alternate r and y were made the default forms. There are no alternates.

Title page
Source: archive.org Internet Archive (edited). License: All Rights Reserved.

Title page

Bird Infirmary by Eva Engholm 3
Source: www.abebooks.com poor man's rare books. License: All Rights Reserved.

Typefaces

  • ITC Ronda
  • Helvetica

Formats

Topics

Designers/Agencies

Artwork location

In Sets

Post a comment