Banks and Miles Christmas tin
Contributed by James Alexander on Dec 28th, 2024. Artwork published in
circa 1970
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1 Comment on “Banks and Miles Christmas tin”
Thank you for this contribution, James!
I’m delighted to see a first in-use example for Abracadabra! So far, I’ve encountered this typeface in specimens by Photoscript and in Modern Publicity only. It could very well be that these tins represent the original use of Abracadabra, or at least an early one.
It looks like the text details the studio’s contact info, with numbers written out in full: Banks & Miles / 7A Grafton Street / London W1 / 01–493 3025.
The Banks and Miles Collection is housed at the Typography & Graphic Communication Department, University of Reading. In a 2014 blog post, Sue Walker wrote about their tins: