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HiH Retrofonts is the label of Tom Wallace, devoted to revivals of historical typefaces, initials, and alphabets.

The New Town of Stevenage1949

Shenval Press

Photo(s) by mikeyashworth on Flickr.

Aretha Franklin – Soul ’69 album art1969

Loring Eutemey

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<span>Aretha Franklin – <cite>Soul ’69</cite> album art</span>

Brakence – Punk 2 album and singles artc. 2020

unknown

Contributed by Amelie Tamisen

Brakence – <cite>Punk 2 </cite>album and singles art

Sponsor

Bee Gees – Horizontal US album cover1968

unknown

Contributed by Garrison Martin

Bee Gees – <cite>Horizontal</cite> US album cover

Barbarella UK quad movie poster1968

unknown

Contributed by Hee Jin

Staff Pick

McCoy Tyner – Sahara album art1972

Ron Warwell

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at the Roxie Theater flyer1988

unknown

Contributed by Bryson Stohr

Staff Pick

Ennio Morricone – “À l’aube du 5eme jour” French single cover1973

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Ennio Morricone – “<span>À l’aube du 5eme jour</span>” French single cover

Staff Pick

Stone the Crows – Ode to John Law album art1970

David Juniper
Leo Sauer

Photo(s) by Klaus Hiltscher on Flickr.

Against Infinity by Gregory Benford (New English Library)1984

unknown
Chris Moore

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Against Infinity</cite> by Gregory Benford (New English Library)

Percobarb ad1969

Milton Glaser

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

The Limelight Strings – The Sound of Jerome Kern. All The Things You Are album artc. 1969

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Institute for Postnatural Studies’ Compost Reader by Cthulhu Books2021

Otro Bureau
Matteo Guarnaccia

Contributed by Otro Bureau

<cite>Institute for Postnatural Studies’ Compost Reader </cite>by Cthulhu Books

Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar2017

Eleen Cheung

Contributed by Chris Purcell

<cite>Never Caught</cite> by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Alphabet of Birds2017

Kent Henderson
Depression Press

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

“Genießet Zucker” ad1901

unknown

Photo(s) by altpapiersammler on Flickr.

Ike & Tina Turner – Outta Season1968

Tom Wilkes

Contributed by Matthijs Sluiter

Ike & Tina Turner – <cite>Outta Season</cite>

If the Stars Are Gods by Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund1977

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>If the Stars Are Gods</cite> by Gregory Benford & <span>Gordon Eklund</span>

Staff Pick

Outer Limit Lotus – Dazzling Darkness album art, single covers, collateral2023

Henrik Myrvold

Contributed by David Jonathan Ross

Staff Pick

Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters album art1973

Victor Moscoso

Contributed by Rob Hudson

Herbie Hancock – <cite>Head Hunters</cite> album art

Theater der Freien Volksbühne Berlin poster1969

Jürgen Spohn

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Theater der Freien Volksbühne Berlin poster

Staff Pick

Manifestoes of Surrealism by André Breton, paperback edition1972

Quentin Fiore

Contributed by Benjamin Shaykin

Staff Pick

Sly & The Family Stone – Stand! album art1969

Richard Mantel

Contributed by Rob Hudson

Sly & The Family Stone – <cite>Stand!</cite> album art

Laurin & Klement memorial, Mladá Boleslavc. 2005

Michal Moravec

Contributed by Christopher Bentley

Lány az országútról Hungarian movie poster1970

Judith M. Gerencsér
Magyar Hirdető

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Lány az országútról</cite> Hungarian movie poster

Accolade Catalog ’91c. 1991

unknown

Contributed by Curtis E. Gardner

Русские Дневники / Russian Diaries2020

Christoffer Leka
Kaisa Leka
Teo Tuominen

Contributed by Christoffer Leka

Staff Pick

Pharoah Sanders – Thembi album art1971

Philip Melnick

Contributed by Robert Beatty

Pharoah Sanders – <cite>Thembi</cite> album art

Album de 63 Modèles de Cottages et Construction Rurales1912

unknown

Photo(s) by patricia m on Flickr.

Tintoria Lavanderia sign

unknown

Photo(s) by Nick Sherman on Flickr.

Ricardo Ray and Bobby Cruz – El Diferente album art1970

Frank Gauna

Contributed by Curtis E. Gardner

Staff Pick

Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber1977

Richard M. Powers

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Ferrari – “Monza” / “Sandy” Dutch single cover1976

unknown

Contributed by Fonts In Use Staff

Ferrari – “Monza” / “Sandy” Dutch single cover

Le que suis-je … et le qui es-tu by Simon Durville (Stock, 1972)1972

Pierre Faucheux

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Le que suis-je … et le qui es-tu</cite> by Simon Durville (Stock, 1972)

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob2018

Rachel Ake

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Das Reich der Sonne by J.G. Ballard (Bertelsmann Club)c. 1987

Warner Bros.

Photo(s) by Fonts In Use Staff on Flickr.

Healthy Happy Holy by Leo R. Van Dolson/J. Robert Spangler1975

Helcio Deslandes

Contributed by Owen Gardner

<cite>Healthy Happy Holy</cite> by Leo R. Van Dolson/J. Robert Spangler

Franklin: America’s “Lost State” by Noel B. Gerson1968

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Franklin: America’s “Lost State”</cite> by Noel B. Gerson

Ambient Warrior – Dub Journey’s (Isle Of Jura) album art2021

Bradley Pinkerton

Contributed by Martin Della

Ambient Warrior – <cite>Dub Journey’s</cite> (Isle Of Jura) album art

Evening Basket Sociable Invitation, Lititz, Pa., September 15, 18941894

unknown

Photo(s) by Alan Mays on Flickr.

Gage & Tollner2020

Order

Contributed by XYZ Type

Staff Pick

Astrological Revelations About You by Sydney Omarr1969

John Alcorn

Contributed by Jen Hood

<cite>Astrological Revelations About You</cite> by Sydney Omarr

Staff Pick

Don Ho & the Aliis album art1968

unknown

Photo(s) by Bart Solenthaler on Flickr.

The Annotated Alice and The Annotated Snark (Penguin)c. 1970

David Pelham

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

4x4 (Grove Press, 1962)1962

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite><span>4x4</span></cite><span> (</span>Grove Press, 1962)<span></span>

Sorry! board game (1972–)c. 1972

unknown

Contributed by Daniel Swan

Mount Analogue by René Daumal (City Lights, 1968)1968

unknown

Contributed by Robert Beatty

<cite>Mount Analogue</cite> by René Daumal (City Lights, 1968)

Groundhogs – Thank Christ For The Bomb album art1970

Clearwater Conception
Alan Tanner

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Kiyoko Itoh — Ballads of Love album art1969

unknown

Contributed by Robert Beatty

Kiyoko Itoh — <cite>Ballads of Love </cite>album art

Six San Francisco Poets (The Giligia Press)1969

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

<cite>Six San Francisco Poets</cite> (The Giligia Press)

Graham Bond – Bond in America album art1972

unknown

Contributed by Robert Beatty

Graham Bond – <cite>Bond in America </cite>album art

Penrose’s Pictorial Annual 1899 endpapers1899

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Staff Pick

La Libertà Economica, Vol. IX, No. 15, May 2, 19111911

unknown

Contributed by Claudio Piccinini

4. Katalanisches Filmwochenende poster2020

Victor Wendl

Contributed by Victor Wendl

Bayerischer Bauernvereins-Kalender title page (1912, 1926)c. 1912

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Body stickersc. 1972

unknown

Contributed by Florian Hardwig

Pellicer website2020

unknown

Contributed by Alain Papazian

Otto Kaestner GmbH invoice and product catalog1910

L. Schwann, Düsseldorf

Contributed by Dan Reynolds

Otto Kaestner GmbH invoice and product catalog

Sparks – “Get In The Swing” / “Profile” French single sleeve1975

Contributed by Garrison Martin

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The New Town of Stevenage1949

Aretha Franklin – Soul ’69 album art1969

Brakence – Punk 2 album and singles artc. 2020

Bee Gees – Horizontal US album cover1968

Barbarella UK quad movie poster1968

McCoy Tyner – Sahara album art1972

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at the Roxie Theater flyer1988

Ennio Morricone – “À l’aube du 5eme jour” French single cover1973

Stone the Crows – Ode to John Law album art1970

Against Infinity by Gregory Benford (New English Library)1984

Percobarb ad1969

The Limelight Strings – The Sound of Jerome Kern. All The Things You Are album artc. 1969

Institute for Postnatural Studies’ Compost Reader by Cthulhu Books2021

Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar2017

Alphabet of Birds2017

“Genießet Zucker” ad1901

Ike & Tina Turner – Outta Season1968

If the Stars Are Gods by Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund1977

Outer Limit Lotus – Dazzling Darkness album art, single covers, collateral2023

Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters album art1973

Theater der Freien Volksbühne Berlin poster1969

Manifestoes of Surrealism by André Breton, paperback edition1972

Sly & The Family Stone – Stand! album art1969

Laurin & Klement memorial, Mladá Boleslavc. 2005

Lány az országútról Hungarian movie poster1970

Accolade Catalog ’91c. 1991

Русские Дневники / Russian Diaries2020

Pharoah Sanders – Thembi album art1971

Album de 63 Modèles de Cottages et Construction Rurales1912

Tintoria Lavanderia sign

Ricardo Ray and Bobby Cruz – El Diferente album art1970

Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber1977

Ferrari – “Monza” / “Sandy” Dutch single cover1976

Le que suis-je … et le qui es-tu by Simon Durville (Stock, 1972)1972

Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob2018

Das Reich der Sonne by J.G. Ballard (Bertelsmann Club)c. 1987

Healthy Happy Holy by Leo R. Van Dolson/J. Robert Spangler1975

Franklin: America’s “Lost State” by Noel B. Gerson1968

Ambient Warrior – Dub Journey’s (Isle Of Jura) album art2021

Evening Basket Sociable Invitation, Lititz, Pa., September 15, 18941894

Gage & Tollner2020

Astrological Revelations About You by Sydney Omarr1969

Don Ho & the Aliis album art1968

The Annotated Alice and The Annotated Snark (Penguin)c. 1970

4x4 (Grove Press, 1962)1962

Sorry! board game (1972–)c. 1972

Mount Analogue by René Daumal (City Lights, 1968)1968

Groundhogs – Thank Christ For The Bomb album art1970

Kiyoko Itoh — Ballads of Love album art1969

Six San Francisco Poets (The Giligia Press)1969

Graham Bond – Bond in America album art1972

Penrose’s Pictorial Annual 1899 endpapers1899

La Libertà Economica, Vol. IX, No. 15, May 2, 19111911

4. Katalanisches Filmwochenende poster2020

Bayerischer Bauernvereins-Kalender title page (1912, 1926)c. 1912

Body stickersc. 1972

Pellicer website2020

Otto Kaestner GmbH invoice and product catalog1910

Sparks – “Get In The Swing” / “Profile” French single sleeve1975