Die verlorenen Welten des Zdenek Burian by Judith Schalansky (ed.)

Source: http://www.matthes-seitz-berlin.de.Matthes & Seitz. License: All Rights Reserved.

"The Lost Worlds ofSignalistby Saline in particular. Signalist was picked by David Sudweeks for Typographica's Typefaces of 2012. In his review, he wrote:

The texture is just uneven enough to be believable, and yet sufficiently normalized to not draw undue attention to any individual part. And it accomplishes all this with a minimal cast; the face abstains from the present arms race for fully-loaded script fonts, itself containing no alternates or non-standard ligatures.

By and large I agree with this view, but looking at the two mid-word letters 'r' that don't connect from the preceding 'e' and 'o', I wish there were a more cursive solution for this.

Apart from that, it is an admirable cover. Burian's illustration style, the reduced color palette and the material — a coarse cloth — help to evoke an appropriate 1950s/1960s atmosphere. Although colleague Sudweeks regards Signalist "as fully contemporary", I'd argue that the typeface has a hand in this retro vibe as well.