Saturday, January 19, 2019
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I, for one, hadn’t noticed that “an approachable-witchy 1938 typeface,” familiar from the classic Nancy Drew mysteries, has been making a comeback on book fronts. Vox has the story here.
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I consider the article to be complete booshwah. The writer doesn't really know anything about "Pulp Art" apparently and bases her conclusion that Lydian was a favorite of paperback designers on a single series. Yes, it has been used on a number of books and even, unfortunately, on a TV show, but it's hardly "witchy" and certainly not "pulp." Feh.
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