Boredoms – Wow 2 album art
Contributed by Frank Grießhammer on Jun 29th, 2024. Artwork published in
October 1993
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Wow 2 is a live album by Japanese experimental noise rock band Boredoms, produced by John Zorn and released in October 1993 on his Avant Records.
The cover uses Zuzana Licko’s Totally Gothic caps – stretched by roughly 130%, and outlined to make them quite a bit heavier. The colorful stripes around the type are also all outlines of Totally Gothic, I am counting at least 25 stroke applications.
The stroke treatment makes Totally Gothic look a bit like graffiti – an unexpected transformation!
Design by Tomoyo T.L, with typography by Lisa Wells.
![The rounded sans used for the Japanese text on the spine card (a.k.a. obi) is unidentified. [edit: it’s , see comments]](https://fiu-original.b-cdn.net/fontsinuse.com/use-images/N228/228386/228386.webp?filename=1-boredoms-wow-2.webp)
2 Comments on “Boredoms – Wow 2 album art”
The rounded gothic in the obi strip is Sūbo (スーボ) by Shaken (写研). The weight used is the BSU Variant.
Added! Thanks for your help.