Gábor Szabó – Blowin’ Some Old Smoke album art
Contributed by Florian Hardwig on Apr 13th, 2025. Artwork published in
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PLINC’s West Behemoth Clarendon (1960) came accompanied by two italic styles; the plain Behemoth Italic, issued before 1965, and Behemoth Italic Swash, added around 1966. It’s distinguished from the earlier version not only by swash forms for capitals and several lowercase letters, but also has no entry strokes and less pronounced exit strokes. As of 2025, only the former has been digitized.
The latter can be seen on the cover of this compilation album by guitarist Gábor Szabó. It’s used in stacked and interlocked lines, with lowered caps on some.
