Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert (Gollancz)

Contributed by Florian Hardwig


Source: www.abebooks.com Currey, L.W. Inc. License: All Rights Reserved.

The first UK edition of the fifth Dune novel was published by Gollancz in March 1984, with art by Jim Burns.

The typeface is Friz Quadrata Bold, Victor Caruso’s addition for ITC to the original VGC design by Ernst Friz. It’s here used in redrawn form, with small caps and EndcapS, an added contour, and some modifications to the letterforms: arms in E and F were elongated, the lower part of C was shortened, N got a flat base at the bottom right, A lost its top spur, and the top terminal of S is angled in the other direction. This rendition eliminates some of the idiosyncracies, making it more robust.

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Photo: Florian Hardwig. License: CC BY-NC-SA.

Glyph set of Friz Quadrata Bold as shown in U&lc, vol. 1, no. 1, 1973

Source: www.abebooks.com 84 Charing Cross Road Books. License: All Rights Reserved.

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