The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta
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The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta (August 1975). The small type (and the text typeface) is De Vinne.
West Nouveau Didot is a typeface drawn by Dave West and added to the catalog of Photo-Lettering by 1971.
In August 1975, it was used in all caps for The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta, an album with assorted works by the “Godfather of fantasy art”, with an introduction by Betty Ballantine and book design by Robert Blanchard. The book was published by Rufus Publications and Peacock Press, an imprint of Ballantine Books. Scribner’s issued a hardback edition in September 1975.
The typeface subsequently became the backbone of the typographic identity of Frank Frazetta (1928–2010). It was used for all five volumes of The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta, as well as calendars, catalogs, jigsaw puzzles, and other items featuring the iconic works by the Brooklyn-born artist.
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The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta. Book Two (1977). The secondary typeface is ITC Souvenir.
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The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta. Book Three (1978)
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The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta, Book Four (1980). Betty Ballantine’s name now is set in all-caps West Nouveau Didot, too.
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The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta, Book Five (1985)
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Assorted Frank Frazetta calendars from 1977 to 1982
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The Frank Frazetta Calendar 1977, designed by Robert Blanchard
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The Frank Frazetta Calendar 1978
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The Frank Frazetta Calendar 1979
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The Frank Frazetta Calendar 1982 with box
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The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta jigsaw puzzle, “The Death Dealer” (1973). The text in red caps is in ITC Korinna. The title uses another PLINC face, Staudel Xenotype P.
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A collection of 1970s and 1980s Frazetta puzzles from American Publishing Corporation
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The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta, Catalog No. 2 (1981)
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The Fantastic Art of Frank Frazetta, Catalog No. 2 (1991)
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