The Skook by JP Miller
Published by Warner Books in 1984, The Skook is a novel by JP Miller —
about a spelunker confronting a cave creature who may or may not be from his own imagination. In what was the first use of a hologram on a book cover, the Skook was sketched by Miller and then sculpted by Eidetic Images, Inc., an American Bank Note subsidiary. Warner Books paid $6000 for the hologram elements, part of a $50,000 publicity campaign.
The typeface isn’t half bad either. It’s Davison Bolero, drawn by Meyer “Dave” Davison for Photo-Lettering, Inc. A variation on the Othello theme, it’s distinguished by notches in the counters, hyper-extended descending stems, and tiny serif. Bolero is shown in PLINC’s Alphabet Thesaurus Vol. 3 (1971) alongside Davison Fandango, a variant with tendril-like terminals.
Davison Bolero and Fandango in PLINC’s One Line Manual of Styles, 1971.
