“While working in the recording industry for Steve Alaimo,
former singer and co-host of the 1960s TV show Where the
Action Is, Jeff [Levine] noticed an interesting typeface
[probably Caruso
Roxy] spelling out the show’s title on a photo album
Steve kept from those years. Tracing the letters which existed on
that page, and creating his own characters for those that were
missing, the font was digitized by Brad Nelson of Brain Eaters
Fonts and released as freeware under the name Action
Is. […] [I]t has been used on Mad TV, The Drew Carey Show,
in commercials and even on the site of a Disney resort in Orlando,
Florida. With Brad Nelson’s blessings, Jeff later reworked the font
to include a lower case and extended characters, and it has been
selling at MyFonts as More…
“While working in the recording industry for Steve Alaimo, former singer and co-host of the 1960s TV show Where the Action Is, Jeff [Levine] noticed an interesting typeface [probably Caruso Roxy] spelling out the show’s title on a photo album Steve kept from those years. Tracing the letters which existed on that page, and creating his own characters for those that were missing, the font was digitized by Brad Nelson of Brain Eaters Fonts and released as freeware under the name Action Is. […] [I]t has been used on Mad TV, The Drew Carey Show, in commercials and even on the site of a Disney resort in Orlando, Florida. With Brad Nelson’s blessings, Jeff later reworked the font to include a lower case and extended characters, and it has been selling at MyFonts as Groovy Happening JNL.” – Jeff Levine, Identifont bio
