Can anyone please identify the two typefaces on the cover of this book (the condensed hybrid serif and the heavy sans)? Apologies if my terminology isn't accurate. Thank you!

The all-caps sans serif face is Futura Bold.

The serif typeface is proving more of a challenge. Very similar to Spire, Corvinus Skyline, and Pall Mall, but not a match to any of them. I suspect it is custom lettering.

Also similar but not match: Gimlet (display condensed regular).

@Kevin Thompson Is it just me, or doesn't any of the font specimens display correctly (like, at all) on the Red Rooster website? I mean, I'm a fan of white space and airy compositions, but this is taking it a bit too far for my taste.

Thank you Kevin and Miss Nobody. I had Futura Bold plugged in as a place holder, but I wasn't sure which foundry/version. It's amazing that the serif typeface is such a challenge, with all the AI resources we have today. I even checked Rookledge's, which I still love (wish I could find their version of "Doric," "Adonis" and "Video"). Corvinus was the first thing that jumped to mind. Gimlet is a good sub, but I want to nail this. I'll report back if I find the match. Thanks for all your efforts!

Bjørn, the previews were working for me:

Hi Kevin, and thank you for your answer. I'm on macOS Tahoe and tried Safari, Chrome, Opera and Vivaldi. All came up with zero visibility. May I ask what operating system and web browser you used? Nice typeface, by the way! Sorry for hijacking the thread a bit.

11 hours ago, MissNobody said:

Also similar but not match: Gimlet (display condensed regular).

Gimlet, compressed at 69%, is close in spirit. Thanks for that suggestion! It's still going to drive me crazy if I can't nail this precisely.

There are many typefaces with a similar flair, but they all tend to have flat sides on the round characters, especially in the narrower styles. The only one I could find that remains mostly curved is Baltica, Paratype’s interpretation of Candida, that however still lacks the specific quirks of the sample.

Thank you, Riccardo. Gimlet at 69% horizontal scale is the closest thing, so I fed that to ChatGPT and it replied, "My hunch: what you’re looking at is not a digital font at all, but rather photo-lettering (Phototype) or custom lettering drawn specifically for the Simon & Schuster jacket in 1987. Back then, book designers often worked with type houses that offered condensed Moderns in multiple widths — many of which never got digitized." I don't know where that gets me, but I thought it was pretty insightful.

14 hours ago, Bjørn Edvard Torbo said:

Hi Kevin, and thank you for your answer. I'm on macOS Tahoe and tried Safari, Chrome, Opera and Vivaldi. All came up with zero visibility. May I ask what operating system and web browser you used? Nice typeface, by the way! Sorry for hijacking the thread a bit.

Bjørn, I'm on a Mac (Sequoia), using the Firefox browser.

19 hours ago, Bjørn Edvard Torbo said:

Sorry for hijacking the thread a bit.

I created a new thread on the subject: https://typography.guru/forums/topic/140566-problems-with-cdns/