On the Shortness of Life, Penguin Great Ideas Contributed by Stéphane Darricau on Jan 21st, 2024. Artwork published in 2004. Source: www.penguin.com.au ©Penguin Random House. License: All Rights Reserved. “There was no way I was going to use Trajan”, Phil Baines once said of this cover design for the first “Penguin Great Ideas” series. He went for URW Grotesk instead. So very him. Phil Baines passed away last Friday, January 19th, 2024. RIP. Typefaces More about URW GroteskGet URW Grotesk Formats Books (6152) Topics Literature (2851) Designers/Agencies Phil Baines (5) Tagged withPenguin Books (84)Penguin Great Ideas (6)Seneca (1)paperbacks/softcovers (1805)book covers (5501)all caps (7020)outlined type (1213)one typeface, one size (392)only type (1227)embossed/debossed (580)two-color (964)red and black (1091)Penguin Classics (10) Artwork location United Kingdom (3137) London (1735) Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More URW Grotesk in use European Court of Human Rights Database2017Geoff GraySchema DesignContributed by Geoff Gray Xpatriate at The Baked Potato concert poster2013Perry LopezContributed by Perry Lopez Lettres Libres collection, Lux Éditeur2014Nouvelle AdministrationJolin MassonCatherine D’AmoursContributed by Jolin Masson Staff Pick Sponsor More in Literature “Rapailler”, Quebec Literature Festival2022Brest Brest BrestContributed by 205TF Staff Pick The Looking Glass War by John le Carré, Bantam Booksc. 1975Contributed by Garrison Martin Heart First Into This Ruin by Wanda Coleman2022Tammy AckermanContributed by Joshua Bodwell One Thousand Books 20232023Wilfred WagnerAdagio for ThingsContributed by Siri Lee Lindskrog More in Books Die Zukunft des Mars2014Lisa NeuhalfenContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick The Secret Mathematic Movement of Zero2018Alex FrancisContributed by Alex Francis Ciencia y Solidaridad2024TEMBOLRamdwin GonzálezAbdiel TorresContributed by Ramdwin Gonzalez Otero La dépoussiéreuse de crimes by Annie Richard2022Dorian DanielsenContributed by Art Grootfontein More Fonts In Use Rencontres d’Arles 20212021ABM StudioContributed by Production Type Staff Pick The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness album art1995Frank OlinskyBilly CorganJohn CraigContributed by Jayce Wheeled Staff Pick Jané Winestore Expo-Licorc. 2019Pablo RovaloSingular GlassContributed by Pablo Rovalo Staff Pick Slam magazine covers (1997–2019)c. 1997Don MorrisStephen GoggiMelissa MedvedichContributed by Garrison Martin Staff Pick