Shown in PLINC’s Alphabet Thesaurus Vol. 2 (1965)
as 1461-3, with alternates for ‘ABEIGLQRTU’. Listed as
Norton Bobo Bold in their One Line
(1971). No lowercase.
A very similar but not identical face is shown in a Fürst
catalog from 1970 as Bobo Bold, and in a Typeshop
catalog from 1973 in 7 variants,
without credits: Bobo Bold with Italic (slanted),
Thinline (outline), Inline (heavier outline), Contour I (heavy) and II (fine), as well as Spiral.
Berthold’s E2 (1974) credits Bobo Bold to
Facsimile Fonts. Shown as Billiard in Formatt’s 1974
catalog. The italic also appears in the 1976 Lettergraphics
catalog.
Digital interpretations More…
Shown in PLINC’s Alphabet Thesaurus Vol. 2 (1965) as 1461-3, with alternates for ‘ABEIGLQRTU’. Listed as Norton Bobo Bold in their One Line (1971). No lowercase.
A very similar but not identical face is shown in a Fürst catalog from 1970 as Bobo Bold, and in a Typeshop catalog from 1973 in 7 variants, without credits: Bobo Bold with Italic (slanted), Thinline (outline), Inline (heavier outline), Contour I (heavy) and II (fine), as well as Spiral. Berthold’s E2 (1974) credits Bobo Bold to Facsimile Fonts. Shown as Billiard in Formatt’s 1974 catalog. The italic also appears in the 1976 Lettergraphics catalog.
Digital interpretations include Bobo Capitals (Tim Ryan, Agfa Type Revivals, now Monotype, apparently discontinued), Totem (Elfring Soft Fonts, 1996), and DXS Bobo Bold (Dick Pape, v2 from 2010; used for sample).
