When did titles switch to typeface?

Teheuti

• #1

Does anyone know when the yellow box RWS deck first had a mechanical typeface instead of Pixie's calligraphy for the titles?

I remember that several of us asked Stuart Kaplan about this at the Chicago conference and he seemed surprised to learn that the card titles had been changed.

Mary

 

Teheuti

• #2

Thanks for the information. If anyone has anything more specific, please add to the data.

Fulgour said:

He even claims "Pamela Colman Smith TM"

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Isn't that outrageous. I believe that trademarks have even more restrictions than copyrights.

Mary

 

Abrac

• #3

Sorry Teheuti, I can't help much with a date, but I do know if the box says "Printed In Italy" it will have the new lettering.

 

Debra

• #4

Maybe we can narrow it down if we all take a look and try to remember when we got our decks....I know I received a new RWS in 1972 with the handwritten typeface and no copyright notice, and the coloration is softer than the new version.

 

Abrac

• #5

I don't know about the RWS, but a lot of the new printings (Printed In Italy) started showing up around 2004. The Universal Waite, Hanson-Roberts, and Morgan-Greer for example. This might be a clue.

 

Little Baron

• #6

I don't know the whens and wheres, but I know the change looks s**t. And the images themselves are coloured badly too, if the Giant is anything to go by. A classic deck F***ed up.

LB

 

Teheuti

• #7

Fulgour said:

Since my collection of Rider decks is "largish"
my "guess-work" is really more based on facts.

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Sorry. I didn't realize from your statements that the dates you gave were exact. Unfortunately I've never kept close track of when I bought a new item and so it's hard for me to remember the details. I'm glad you are doing so.

Given all this, when was the deck first printed in Italy?

Mary