Tony Bennett – I Left My Heart in San Francisco album art
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The cover photo of the Golden Gate Bridge is by Joe Norton.
A classic Columbia Records LP cover for Tony Bennett’s 1962 album I Left My Heart in San Francisco, featuring Normande Italic.
The design uses the high-contrast fat face for all text on the front cover, from the city name to the song titles, echoing 19th‑century display types.
The images show different pressings and crops of the sleeve, all retaining the same typographic hierarchy.
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Title and artist’s name are shown in three lines of alternating colors. The colors are echoed in the slashes that separate the song names. Note also the sign painters’ quotes.
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The back cover of this US pressing pairs Univers Italic for the bigger lines with Akzidenz-Grotesk a.k.a. Standard for the liner notes and track listing.
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The back cover of the British release uses Gill Sans and Monotype Grotesque. It was printed and made by the E.J. Day Group, London.
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