Byard Lancaster – It’s Not Up To Us album art

Contributed by Florian Hardwig


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It’s Not Up to Us is the debut album by Pennsylvanian saxophonist/flautist Byard Lancaster (1942–2012). Recorded in 1966, it came out in 1968 as one of the first releases by Vortex, a sublabel of Atlantic Records dedicated to jazz.

Artwork by Marvin Israel, with photography by Michael Wilderman. The title typeface is Photo-Lettering’s Halloween. Read more about its origins in last year’s post.

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On the back, the religious statement by Lancaster is set in all-caps Lightline Gothic. “Stereo 2003” uses Neuland licht, and the track list and credits are in Helvetica. The Vortex logo (not part of this design) features Futura Black.

This post was originally published at Fonts In Use

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