The Humanoids by Jack Williamson (Nelson Doubleday)
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From Wikipedia:
The Humanoids is a 1949 dystopian science fiction novel by American author Jack Williamson (1908–2006). Originally published as a three-part serial called “…And Searching Mind” in Astounding Science-Fiction (March, April, May 1948), it was in fact a sequel to an earlier novelette, “With Folded Hands…”, appearing in the same magazine in July of the previous year of 1947. The Humanoids was published as a hardback book in 1949, but only in 1980 was the award-winning “With Folded Hands…” included in a reissue edition of The Humanoids.
This reissue edition by Nelson Doubleday comes in a jacket with art by Tony Fiyalko. The uncredited designer (perhaps John Lisco?) specified a typeface that was ninety years old at the time: it’s Algonquin by the Dickinson Type Foundry. An advert in the Inland Printer from October 1890 mentions that “Algonquin and Algonquin Ornamented are effectively used when printed in two colors, one over the other.” That’s exactly what the jacket designer did here. They likely didn’t tinker with registering the output of two fonts, and simply gave the open style a yellow color fill instead.
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