Bold italic on cover of Lesley Gore’s album I’ll Cry If I Want To (USA, 1963)

Question

From Fonts In Use. Note the bracketed serifs, the concave stem endings in r and n, the descending f, and the W with no middle serifs.

It’s similar to the italics of Modern No. 20, but bolder. I suspect it to be a phototypeface, but came up empty so far. Photo-Lettering had a couple of faces that come close, including Criterion and Torino, but I failed to spot a match.

Comments

I’m stumped, too! That ‘C’ is pretty narrow compared to anything else in the category I see.

Also, in 1963 there was still plenty of handlettering going on in comparison to phototypesetting. Even though the lettershapes seem to duplicate, I think there’s a good chance it was drawn for the headline.

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Thanks for checking! Yes, I agree with your conclusion.

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I think I found it? It must be Regency Bold Italic by The Headliners

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All I’ve seen from Regency is a flip-through video of a 1962 specimen posted by Stewf. It doesn’t show all the glyphs, and the resolution is too low to tell whether glyphs like n have cupped serifs (as on the cover) or not. But yes, it looks like it could be a match. Time and place (United States, early 1960s) check out as well. Congrats, I think you found it!

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Well done, Javi! Please post this as an answer. Meanwhile, I’ll get a proper scan of this page.

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It's on Font in Use

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Saw that! What I mean is that you should post your correct identification in the Answer field below. That way we can see at a glance that this request was answered.

Answer 1

I scanned all the Regency family samples from this catalog. I think we do indeed have a match!