Berkeley Tribe, Vol. 2, No. 25, Issue 77
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The Berkeley Tribe is possibly the most famous “New Left” newspaper. Centered in Berkeley, California, it (like other publications) focused on revolutionary subject matter (Black/Women's Liberation, Gay rights, Antiwar Movements, etc.). Their headquarters were at multiple times bombed or shot, with the FBI surveilling their operation.
The masthead, like with many famous magazines, such as TIME, is a custom lettering.
Crediting designers for each issue can be tricky, as intimidation from attacks and police prompted staff to remove their names from the masthead. However, East Bay Media is noted to have served the tribe's publishing and at least some graphic design from 1971, the time of this issue here (it is possible other Berkeley area shops filled a similar role during the paper's run, too).
Early covers and hand lettering are credited to designer Gary Grimshaw, who possibly did not work on this particular specimen.
Shown here are the cover and a selection of eleven of the twenty-four pages, featuring most of the display fonts used in the editorial design at least once. Text is set in Univers and Century Schoolbook.
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Headlines in Dom Casual (“The Unknown Defendant”) and Clarendon (“Justice We Don’t Expect From You”)
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Publicity Gothic (“No Future Rev No Family”) and Clarendon
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“Weather Sister Ripped Off At Flicks” is in Roberta.
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Headlines in Antikva Margaret (“U.S. Bombs”) and Windsor Elongated (“Thoughts On Being Human”)
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Grotesque No. 9 for “SIERRA” and “feedback”
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Franklin Gothic for the “Pusherman” headline, De Vinne for “Human Culture Time-Line”
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Cooper Black and Haas Inserat Grotesk for “War-Season’s Greetings from JAPAN” . The ad below features two weights of Blippo (equivalent to Burko and Harry) and City.
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Profil for “OKINAWA”. The ad for Midnight Films uses Mistral.
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More Inserat-Grotesk for “The Sacred Tree is Dead”. Times New Roman is used for the poem at the bottom right.
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The “KILL ’EM” headline is set in Windsor. Smoke and Futura feature for the Free Store ad and Helvetica for the one by Sound City.
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The “Masturbation” headline is in Jay Gothic. Fonts used in the ads include Flash (“Native Son”) and Commercial Script (“MANDRAKE’S).
This post was originally published at Fonts In Use