Special Feature
An anticlimatic introduction to our own nickname in graphic form
Anticlimatic because the minute we received it from designer Freeman ((Jerry" Craw, we started using it im-' mediately on everything from labels to letterheads instead of ((saving" it for the first issue. Deciding that we'd like to be known by the nickname rather than the somewhat imposing TJOCA, we concluded the best way to accomplish this was graphically with a distinctive ((CA" logo. Jerry Craw, Vice President and Art Director of TriArts Press in New York, was given the assignment and a free hand. His conviction that counter design is a fundamental of good type design is wonderfully demonstrated in the CA logo. We've already had a great time experimenting with the counter in a variety of colors, textures and combinations.
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Much has been said and written about Jerry's type designs. His Craw Clarendon, Craw Modern and other faces have become ((household" words in our profession and made him one of the best-known type designers in America today. We have always wondered, however, if Jerry doesn't cringe a little at being ((typed" because his type designing is only one of the many facets of this accomplished designer.
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A perennial problem -how to compete with the giants of an industry with a not-so-giant allocation. The usual solution is to make sure more people see what you have to say. The usual method is found in a good working relationship between copywriter, art director and artist. In this case Permanente Cement had the '' problem.'' The ''·working''
PERMANENTE IS GROWTH IN INSULATING MATERIALS
relationship was between L. C. Cole's
Besides leadership in cement, Permanente is a major source for Insulating Products. Kaiser Fir-Tex acous-
Ray Ward, and illustrator Nick Sidjakov.
tical ceiling tiles, insulating boards and hard boards are helping western builders stay ahead of the
According to copywriter Michael Dakis,
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This Rose Marie Reid ad by Carson Roberts, Inc. demonstrates how artist-art director Barbara Wood rendered color values, true to the original garment, in a manner adaptable to monotone as well as the original full color reproduction.
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Typography
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NUMBERS In which we face some ofthe problems of numbers in type, present some tests for function and performance, and survey 12 different type faces.
Through probably no fault of their own, numbers have become the ((black sheep" in the type families. Information about them is often incomplete. Many type books do not even include numbers in their showings. Presented, are the numbers from twelve representative type faces in the closest approximation to comparable sizes. The tests are for legibility and size under some of the conditions most frequently used. These tests will be helpful in evaluating the particular faces shown, used as a reference for similar faces-or, treated simply as a guide for testing other faces. One of the simplest decisions exists when the problem is that of confined horizontal width. When the vertical space is confined, a different type of number becomes desirable. When both conditions exist, the problems can become more than frustrating.
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A bold companion to Cra"\V Modern:
American Type Founders' Cra~ Modern
Dra~n
of
by Freeman
a~ard-~inning
this
forceful~
Cra~~
designer
printed
tasteful
ne~
pieces~
typeface
has a touch of modern Americana that combines at once an incisive directness ~hich
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a curvated quality
results in a balanced effect.
Specimen sheets of
Cra~
Modern
Bold are available from American Type
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Elizabeth~
N.J.~
or
from your nearest ATF type dealer ~ho ~ill
stock it from 8 to 72 point.
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