PL Behemoth
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- Designer(s)
- Dave West
- Foundry(ies)
- Photo-Lettering , Monotype
- Release Year
- 1960
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Classification
- Serif, Slab Serif
- Original Format
- Film Font (VGC, etc.)
- Distributor(s)
- Monotype
- Tags
- display, slab serif, woodcut
Background
Dave West released the Behemoth Semi-Condensed font in 1960. With nineteenth-century wood-cut influence PL Behemoth Semi-Condensed is an example of the revival of slab serif styles, popular in the sixties and seventies.
This was originally designed for Photolettering.
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