Axe on Wax posters
Contributed by Cristiano Trapani on Mar 4th, 2018. Artwork published in
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Poster series designed by Caterina Bianchini for Axe on Wax, a London based record label with artists like Chaos in the CBD, Boo Williams and Marlon Hoffstadt. The posters use a variety of fonts, including several freebies or system fonts, with Pretorian being a recurring theme.
The open-source Eczar paired with Pretorian, all in distorted caps
Lydia is a digitization of the Bold Condensed weights of Lydian.
The big type appears to be outlined Grease, a highlight version of Cooper Black.
3 Comments on “Axe on Wax posters”
The text “Bikini Waxx Records,” “BYOB,” “Axe on Wax” and “11 04 17” appears to be Stephenson Blake’s Impact on the sixth image.
Thanks, Jay!
The gum wrap on the first image shows AXE ON WAX in Futura Condensed Bold and ON TOUR in a mechanically-stretched Neue Helvetica.