Nicola Di Bari – En Español
Contributed by Stephen Coles on May 24th, 2020. Artwork published in
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Discogs lists over 200 albums for prolific Italian singer Nicola Di Bari. Most were released by RCA or their subsidiaries in the 1960s–1980s, and almost all feature rub-down lettering from Mecanorma, the French Letraset competitor whose type was common in France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain. (Thanks for the heads up, Sasha Tochilovsky!)
This album of Spanish-language recordings ties a cute little ribbon around Neo Script, a Mecanorma original by J.C. and M. Demarchi (of France). I have yet to find any information on the Demarchis. Insight is welcome.
For the small “en español” the uncredited designer used ITC Avant Garde Gothic with the alternate, angled ‘e’.
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