I'd like to try to identify this font - it was a phototypesetting display font used in 1971 for song titles  on an album cover. I am trying to find a digital version.

On 4/7/2020 at 10:11 AM, what_larx said:

on an album cover. 

Which album cover? As per our rules, be specific. 

It was used on the Elton John LP booklet for "Madman Across The Water".

I was unable to find anything even remotely similar.

I think it has an interesting construction, but also that it is one example of those phototype experiments that never transitioned to digital.

Riccardo - many thanks for your help towards finding this; I shall keep looking around, but, as you say, it never advanced into the computer era.

 

Thanks also for your contacting Florian re:'Tumbleweed Connection' - it's an interesting piece he's produced, and for me it brings back many memories.

I am almost sure that a sample of that typeface is in the Solotype Catalog. Can not check it since mine is in another place and I can’t move, like anyone in these days...

Many thanks Ignacio - I will try and check that out. Cheers.

Ignacio - thanks for that lead. I was able to find 'Scott Gothic' quite quickly. When I have a little more time, I shall try to see if  anyone might have progressed this to digital.

16 minutes ago, what_larx said:

I shall try to see if  anyone might have progressed this to digital.

Unfortunately not, according to Solopedia. But the site hasn’t been updated in years, so there’s hope!

Many thanks for your help, Riccardo and Ignacio. I keep my fingers crossed.

On 4/11/2020 at 8:16 PM, what_larx said:

Many thanks for your help, Riccardo and Ignacio. I keep my fingers crossed.

Is this close enough for you? - I drew it in Adobe Illustrator, if you like I can turn it into a typeface in fontographer.

On 4/11/2020 at 7:51 PM, Riccardo Sartori said:

Unfortunately not, according to Solopedia. But the site hasn’t been updated in years, so there’s hope!

Riccardo, Solopedia ceased to be update, basically because Dan X Solo died back in 2012:  
https://www.printmag.com/interviews/dan-x-solo-type-revivalist-dies/

Gecko - I'm very impressed, many thanks for your interest !   This started as an inquiry from a client - and I'll have to see if they want to progress things further. Unfortunately, as with the rest of the world, things are 'on hold' at the moment, so I don't anticipate any decisions for quite a while yet. But I'll keep you in the loop if there's any further development.

Again - big thanks. - David

what_larx David don't worry I went ahead and converted the illustrator file into a typeface. I added a few things like: commas, full stops, question marks quotes all that sort of stuff. I've already sent it to daFont.com so you should be able to pick it up from them in a couple of days. I'll notify you when they say it is online.

Razor Face as a revival of Scott Gothic is now available for free download on daFont. 
https://www.dafont.com/razor-face.font