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Arabia: A Journey through the Labyrinth by Jonathan Raban

Contributed by Chris Purcell on Nov 30th, 2012. Artwork published in .
Arabia: A Journey through the Labyrinth by Jonathan Raban
Photo: Chris Purcell. Cover © 1980 by Robert Anthony, Inc. License: All Rights Reserved.

The designer must have added the swash crossbars on some of the A’s. Look at the HR and HE ligatures he made, too. 

2 Comments on “Arabia: A Journey through the Labyrinth by Jonathan Raban”

  1. I think you’re right, Chris. Found another Robert Anthony cover today with some similar modifications: Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

  2. These ligatures may be custom but it turns out that the film version of ITC Benguiat came with a few discretionary ligs and a mirrored A. fontsinuse.com/uses/14039/p…

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