Unfortunately, Lubalin quickly realized that Avant Garde was widely misunderstood and misused in poorly thought-out solutions, eventually becoming a stereotypical 1970s font due to overuse. The demand for a complete typesetting of the logo was extreme in the design community, so Lubalin released ITC Avant Garde from his International Typeface Corporation in 1970. LubalinвЂ™s solution, one which sought to meet GinzburgвЂ™s hope for an expression of вЂњthe advanced, the innovative, the creative,вЂќ consisted of tight-fitting letterform combinations to create a futuristic, instantly recognizable identity.

The creation of the magazineвЂ™s logogram proved difficult, largely due to the inherent difficulties presented by the incompatible letterform combinations in the title. Lubalin and Ginzburg again turned one magazineвЂ™s demise into the creation of another, releasing Avant Garde six months later. Fact itself folded in controversy as Eros before it, after being sued for several years by Barry Goldwater, the Republican presidential candidate about whom Fact wrote an article entitled вЂњThe Unconscious of a Conservative: A special Issue on the Mind of Barry Goldwater.вЂќ Goldwater was awarded a total of $90,000, effectively putting Fact out of business. The end result was one of dynamic minimalism that emphasized the underlying sentiment of the magazine better than вЂњthe scruffy homemade look of the underground press (or the) screaming typography of sensationalist tabloidsвЂќ ever could. The magazine was printed on a budget, so Lubalin stuck with black and white printing on uncoated paper, as well as limiting himself to one or two typefaces and paying a single artist to handle all illustrations at bulk rate rather than dealing with multiple creators. This magazineвЂ™s inherent anti-establishment sentiment lent itself to outsider writers who could not be published in mainstream media Fact managing editor Warren Boroson noted that вЂњmost American magazine, emulating the Reader's Digest, wallow in sugar and everything nice Fact has had the spice all to itself.вЂќ Rather than follow with a shocking design template for the publication, Lubalin chose an elegant minimalist palette consisting of dynamic serifed typography balanced by high-quality illustrations. Ginzburg and Lubalin followed with Fact, largely founded in response to the treatment Eros received. It quickly folded after an obscenity case brought by the US Postal Service. It was printed on different papers and the editorial design was some the greatest that Lubalin ever did.

Eros, (Spring 1962 to issue four 1963) which devoted itself to the beauty of the rising sense of sexuality and experimentation, particularly in the burgeoning counterculture, it was a quality production with no advertising and the large format (13 by 10 inches) made it look like a book rather than a quarterly magazine. It was here that the designer became best known, particularly for his work with a succession of magazines published by Ralph Ginzburg: Eros, Fact, and Avant Garde.

LubalinвЂ™s private studio gave him the freedom to take on any number of wide-ranging projects, from poster and magazine design to packaging and identity solutions. He served with Sudler for nineteen years before leaving to start his own firm, Herb Lubalin, Inc., in 1964. Lubalin would eventually land at Reiss Advertising, and later worked for Sudler & Hennessey, where he practiced his considerable skills and attracted an array of design, typographic and photographic talent that included George Lois, Art Kane and John Pistilli. Gertrude Snyder notes that during this period Lubalin was particularly struck by the differences in interpretation one could impose by changing from one typeface to another, always вЂњfascinated by the look and sound of words (as he) expanded their message with typographic impact.вЂќ After graduating in 1939, Lubalin had a difficult time finding work he was fired from his job at a display firm after requesting a two dollar raise on his weekly salary, up from a paltry eight (around USD100 in 2006 currency). Herb Lubalin entered Cooper Union at the age of seventeen, and quickly became entranced by the possibilities presented by typography as a communicative implement.

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