The Muppet Show Book
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The Muppet Show Book was published in 1978 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. The book adapts material from the first two seasons of The Muppet Show, with illustrations by Tudor Banus.
The main text font used throughout the book is ITC Souvenir. The characters’ names and initials are each set in a unique font, see the image captions for details. A few minor characters’ names are in ITC Souvenir.
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“Introduction” is in the roman style of Bookman Swash. The character-specific fonts are Art Gothic for Kermit the Frog; Sweetheart for Miss Piggy; Yagi Link Double for Sgt. Floyd Pepper; Benguiat Laurent (with Psychemat effect) for Dr. Teeth; ITC Neon for Zoot; Crayonette for Janice; and Shatter for Animal.
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Second page of the introduction, ft. Interline for Statler & Waldorf (without the pattern fill in Statler’s case); Scorpio/Hoopla for Fozzie Bear; and Burst Caps for Crazy Harry. The sound effects (“BANG”, “HA HA HA …”) are in caps from Caslon No. 471/540 or similar.
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ITC Bookman Demi with swash caps
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“THE NEW GO-FER” is in Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed.
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An outline version of Cooper Black is used for Scooter and Hobo for George the Janitor.
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Reward poster for Kid Fozzie, ft. Figaro
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The typeface chosen for Rowlf is Reklameschrift Secession.
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Moore Computer features for Kermit’s robot doppelgänger.
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“GONZO THE GREAT” uses more of the aforementioned Caslon caps. The character font is Lydia.
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Sam the Eagle is presented in a chromatic setting of Stripes Caps.
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Cloud Bank for Dr. Julius Strangepork and Countdown for Captain Link Hogthrob
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The initial I is from Thunderbird.
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The initial S is unidentified.
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Microgramma Condensed is used for Nigel
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The formal script used for “The Lives and Loves of Gonzo the Great” is Typo Script Extended.
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Round Rosie is the font used for Vincent Price’s initials …
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… and Smoke is the one chosen for Uncle Deadly.****
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Dr. Bunsen Honeydew is set in Gemini.
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Filmotype Pixie was spec’d for Hilda.
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Another Bookman Swash
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Manuscript Capitals for “Bein’ Green”
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The P from Mira identifies Koozebanian Phoob.
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Chianti is used for Robin.
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Kermit the Pig is in an unidentified font similar to Rubens and Duerer.
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Playbill is used for J.P. Grosse. On this page, the o ’s in Scooter’s name are altered to look like his glasses.
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