We Love Life by Pulp

新闻|Fonts in Use|Stephen Coles 2013-10-02 10:50:07

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For Pulp's final album in 2001, Peter Saville contrasted two very different typographic styles — intricate floral letters cut by hand into wood, and plastic label tape stamped by a machine.

The large letters come from at least two designs (the 'P's are from different alphabets) in a decorative wood typeseriesby the Lettres Ombrées Ornées is a similar design but is based on a slab serif model and is much less varied in its ornamentation.

"We Love Life" is made not with a font, but with a labeler (such as aFF DynamoeandChromosome,

Printed credits:

Design: Howard Wakefield and Marcus Werner Hed

Art direction: Peter Saville and Jarvis Cocker

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According to PulpWiki, non-UK versions of the album have autumnal colors rather than green.

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Australian promo poster using Chromosome.

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Promo poster using the FF Dynamoe font rather than physical label tape.

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Swedish promo poster also using FF Dynamoe.