Clip Books of Line Art, Volk (1984)
“Service” (No. 8416) ft. Frankfurter (Letraset, 1970) served on a platter.
Covers for various clip books of line art issued in 1984 by Harry Volk Jr. Art Studio, Pleasantville, New Jersey. See the previous post about the clip books issued in 1955 for more information on Harry Volk Jr. Art Studio. 1984 saw the introduction of the Apple Macintosh personal computer. The era of clip art booklets was about to end, and Volk to go out of business after three decades. These booklets might have been the last ones to be issued.
As in previous volumes, almost every booklet’s cover features a different display typeface. In this one, all shown titles are set in all caps. “A Clip Book of Line Art” is in light caps from Kabel.
“Children” (No. 8401) ft. stacked and tilted lowercase letters from Kabel Light, with a capital L for balance.
“Spring” (No. 8404) ft. ITC Korinna (1974) with florettes as middle dots.
“Western” (No. 8406) ft. a version of the Mansard (No. 121) style, here probably Letraset’s Rodeo.
“Outdoors” (No. 8409) ft. Compacta Black (1976).
“Summer” (No. 8410) ft. Rock Opera.
“Holidays” (No. 8411) ft. Frankfurter Highlight.
“Couples” (No. 8413) ft. ITC Zapf Book (1976).
“Tourism” (No. 8414) ft. ITC Uptight Neon (1970).
“Entertainment” (No. 8417) ft. more ITC Uptight Neon.
“Health Care” (No. 8418) ft. Times New Roman.
“Gimmicks” (No. 8419) ft. Quicksilver (Letraset, 1976).
“Office” (No. 8420) ft. all-caps Crillee Extra Bold Italic (Letraset, 1981).
“Do-It-Yourself” (No. 8422) ft. Windsor Elongated.
“Cora Zilch II” (No. 8424) ft. Keyhole, Fomatt’s extension of Sintex.
“Sports” (No. 8426) ft. Windsor.
“Ad Starters” (No. 8427) ft. Hobo.
“Energy” (No. 8428) ft. more all-caps ITC Uptight Neon.
“Christmas” (No. 8429) ft. Knightsbridge, a lesser known stand-alone bold italic style from Letraset.
“Anniversary” (No. 8431) ft. condensed caps from Goudy Heavyface.
“Autos” (No. 8432) ft. a vintage car contrasted with Othmar Motter’s futuristic Motter Ombra (1974).
“Executives” (No. 8433) ft. more Compacta Black.
“Senior Citizens” (No. 8434) ft. more Knightsbridge caps.
“Winter” (No. 8435) ft. Igloo, a snow-capped bold grotesque similar to Norton Frosted.
“Family” (No. 8437) with more Frankfurter, echoing the similar letterforms used in the Volk logo, which was designed by Herb Lubalin in 1977.
“Contests” (No. 8439) ft. all-caps Benguiat Caslon (1965) with swashes.
“Expressions” (No. 8440) with more Windsor Elongated.
“Education” (No. 8441) ft. more Crillee.
Money (No. 8442) ft. Bond Shaded.
“Holidays” (No. 8443) ft. ITC Busorama (1970) with each glyph shown reversed in a box, on a bouncing baseline.
“Leadership” (No. 8444) is yet another issue from this year with Windsor Elongated on the cover.
“Homemaker” (No. 8445) ft. Cooper Black.
“Computers” (No. 8448) ft. more Compacta Black.
“Circus-Fair” (No. 8501 ft. Abbey Scroll. This cover switches to Helvetica as the secondary typeface.
