Nepenthe – Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt album cover

Nepenthe were a progressive rock band from the USA, who released this album in 1997, and an EP in 2002. Before, they were named Ars Nova and released an album under that name.

This artwork has the band name in tracked-out caps from an alphabet originally drawn by Peter Schnorr sometime before 1905. The font in use is one of the digitizations named Ambrosia. It appears to be George Williams’ version, which, like Schnorr Gestreckt (and unlike Richard W. Mueller’s Ambrosia), has the E that extends below the baseline, but also the H with the curvy middle lines. Maginot is similar, too, but has a curved base in P, among other small differences.

The album title is in Adine Kirnberg Script, which is based on Berthold’s Romana from 1897.

For more info, see the band page at MusicBrainz or Discogs. Also check out the band page for Ars Nova at MusicBrainz or Discogs.