Ben Folds Five – The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner album art

Contributed by Jack Griffin

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Caroline Records used Neue Helvetica 95 Black for their logo between 1997 and 2019.

Ben Folds Five is an American alternative and piano rock trio formed from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, named after the lead singer Ben Folds. They formed in 1993 and were active through 2000, reuniting in 2011. _The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner _was their third studio album, released on the 27th of April, 1999. This was their last album before their break-up.

The typeface used across the album cover is a bold Garamond – a digital version of ATF Garamond or Garamond No. 3, possily American Garamond – whilst the track list and other details on the back are set in Bank Gothic.

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CD label. The “No Turn” sign in the background also uses Bank Gothic whilst everything else is in Garamond.

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Back cover of the CD case. The text relating to Sony Music’s ownership is written in Helvetica Condensed.

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