The Stranger book cover Contributed by Herb Lubalin Study Center on Nov 11th, 2014. Artwork published in circa 1972. Source: www.flickr.com © 1972 Vintage Books. License: All Rights Reserved. A nice use of the alternate glyphs from ITC Serif Gothic, which were available at the time from ITC. The bulk of the letters in title on the cover use alternates: t, e, r, a. See the alternates in this promotional from ITC, 1972. Typefaces More about ITC Serif GothicGet ITC Serif GothicMore about HelveticaGet Helvetica Formats Books (6840) Topics Literature (3152) Designers/Agencies unknown (4431) Tagged withtight-not-touching (308)tight letterspacing (919)stacked and interlocked (127)book covers (6144)Vintage Books (publisher) (29)alternate glyphs (1532)Albert Camus (4)reversed type (3581)early uses (2352) Artwork location United States (10322) In SetsDecades (70s) (bluishfleurs) (8)Tight Not Touching (Briar Levit) (27)set 1 (isabel) (84)vintage (isabel) (76)ITC (Florian Hardwig) (403)RADIOGIAPPANESE (Leonardo de la Fuente) (2878) Post a comment Name Email – will not be published Website Your response Submit Comment More ITC Serif Gothic in use Elektronika 5 watch advertisement1983V. MysinContributed by Alex Chumak Inherent Vice posters, promo art, and jacket design2014BLT CommunicationsTal GoretskyDarshan ZenithContributed by Garrison Martin Staff Pick Imagining America (1991) and Visions of America (1993), Persea Booksc. 1991REM StudioContributed by Florian Hardwig Sponsor More in Literature Max Frisch. Eine Ausstellung zum hundertsten Geburtstag2011groenlandbaselContributed by Florian Hardwig Staff Pick Group: an anthology by Jacob Potash (ed.)2022Matt VlachArcades StudioContributed by Jake Brussel Faria Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do with Pigs by Katherine Barber, Penguin Books2007Jon Gray (gray318)Photo(s) by Steve on Flickr. Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon, Rowohlt edition2014Anzinger | Wüschner | RaspContributed by Florian Hardwig More in Books Void.Reflections2025VoidSlanted PublishersContributed by Slanted Publishers Tender Lovin Care by Donald Bain1969unknownContributed by Valeri Moss Feltrinelli book series (fictional)2022Christian ÚbedaContributed by Christian Úbeda Knoflíková Pohádka (Button Tales)1974Contributed by Nick Sherman More Fonts In Use Stamped2011Anthony CafaroContributed by Stephen Coles Staff Pick 2018 Moons calendar2017Kevin SullivanMasha DavydovaContributed by Kevin Sullivan Staff Pick Pizzeria Fedele pizza boxPhoto(s) by Frank Grießhammer on Flickr. Staff Pick Reclaim Poetry 2024c. 2024CHEAPContributed by Matthijs Sluiter Staff Pick