Mexico 68 AKA Mexico Olympic is a
narrow triline design with caps and figures only, designed for the
Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968. Developed from the logo
created by Lance Wyman in 1966, which is based on the geometry of
the Olympic rings and inspired by multiline patterns found in
Mexican art. In the original application, words were tightly spaced
with interlocking glyphs. [Lance Wyman]
Manufactured by Photoscript Ltd. [Berthold E3]
Very similar faces are included in PLINC’s One Line
(1971) as Olympic (accompanied by a shaded variant,
Olympic Cast Shadow). Lettergraphics shows
Hotline Plain and a version with a different ‘E’ named
El Conquistador in their 1976 catalog (but not yet in
1969). Castcraft’s 1978 catalog shows a Focus More…
Mexico 68 AKA Mexico Olympic is a narrow triline design with caps and figures only, designed for the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968. Developed from the logo created by Lance Wyman in 1966, which is based on the geometry of the Olympic rings and inspired by multiline patterns found in Mexican art. In the original application, words were tightly spaced with interlocking glyphs. [Lance Wyman] Manufactured by Photoscript Ltd. [Berthold E3]
Very similar faces are included in PLINC’s One Line (1971) as Olympic (accompanied by a shaded variant, Olympic Cast Shadow). Lettergraphics shows Hotline Plain and a version with a different ‘E’ named El Conquistador in their 1976 catalog (but not yet in 1969). Castcraft’s 1978 catalog shows a Focus Triline with alternates for ‘AEFIMNW’. Also shown in Phil’s Photo catalog (1980) as Olympia, with the same set of alts. Despite minor differences, this entry currently covers all predigital versions.
Mexcellent (Typodermic, 2000) is a digital revival and expansion.
