Tom and Jerry’s Merry Christmas (1980s)
Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Dec 25th, 2022. Artwork published in
circa 1980
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4 Comments on “Tom and Jerry’s Merry Christmas (1980s)”
Some nice sleuthing on this rare but cool thing about this rare member of Cooper. I guess that the phototypesetting version of the display type used on the cover could be Stefania I guess?
Yes! That’s the missing link. Thanks, Jay. I have yet to find out where Stefania might have originated.
Stefania is shown in a Typeshop catalog from 1973 in three weights plus Outline and Shadow variants. That doesn’t necessarily mean it originated at this company, but at least we know that it was around this early. The same style range is also shown in Castcraft’s Enyclopedia of Phototype Styles from 1978. One shaded style is also shown in a FotoStar catalog published after 1981.
With the swashes and the extended style range, Stefania is distinct enough from Fette Copra-Kursiv. I have given it an entry on it own and adjusted the typeface credit for this post. Thanks again, Jay!
… aaand there now is a digital interpretation of Stefania. BN Rockies was released by Brandon Nickerson this week. I just wish he’d credit his source material, beyond “a retro display typeface”. Like, which showing did he work from?