Typography from the liner notes of a Madonna compilation, released in 1990.

Question

Hello,

I am truly sorry for the low resolution but I'm having some serious technical issues with my scanner.

If this may be of any help, the typography used on the record cover is a bold version of Trump Medieval.

 

Thanks for your help.

Fiz

Answer 1

It honestly is identical to Trump Mediaeval, but that it's condensed- and the thing is, no one seems to make such a thing, other than a bold version...

Also, I don't know if this may be helpful to you: https://issuu.com/andreguedes57/docs/tic_digitalbooklet_byag

Comments

Thank you so much for that pristine scan! I too believe it is a condensed Trump Mediaeval. Maybe it was altered using some kind of digital technology? Anyway, thank you so much for your feedback.

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It was likely just stretched vertically, as was common in the 1980s and ’90s. There were at least two digital versions of Trump Mediaeval at the time, Linotype’s and Bitstream’s (Kuenstler 480). This appears to be the latter given the loose spacing after the apostrophe.

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Thank you so much!