{"id":356,"date":"2014-02-23T23:38:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T07:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slantedhall.wordpress.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:35:41","slug":"1403-vintage-mono-font-used-in-book-cover-design-grantland-sports-analytics-compilation-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slantedhall.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/23\/1403-vintage-mono-font-used-in-book-cover-design-grantland-sports-analytics-compilation-book\/","title":{"rendered":"1403 Vintage Mono font used in book cover design for Grantland’s sports analytics compilation book"},"content":{"rendered":"[tweet\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/435685179454013440 width=”150″ align=”right”]\n

While preparing to teach and work with some fabulous 6-12 grade movement teachers about social partner dancing at the 2014 Movement Education Week<\/a>\u00a0(@HealthyMovement<\/a>), I heard an update from one of our typeface customers.<\/p>\n

Our 1403 Vintage Mono<\/a> typeface was used in the book cover design for Grantland<\/a>‘s new sports analytics book Talk Nerdy to Me: Grantland’s Guide to the Advanced Analytics Revolution<\/em><\/a>. Jason Oberg (@ExtraBlase<\/a>)\u00a0designed the cover<\/a>. Nice work, Jason! This paperback compilation was published by ESPN<\/a>\u00a0(@ESPN<\/a>) and Grantland (@Grantland33<\/a>) in conjunction with the\u00a0MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference<\/a>\u00a0(@sloansportsconf<\/a>\u00a0& #SSAC14<\/a>), 28 February 2014 to 1 March 2014. The book is part of the conference attendee gift bag.<\/p>\n

I wish I were attending the conference to receive a copy of the book for both the content and to see the printed copy using my 1403 Vintage Mono font<\/a>. I did a bit of work in analytics and visualization in the past. It’s been added to the font in use examples<\/a> of 1403 Vintage Mono.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: Jason Oberg<\/a> (who also designed the book cover).<\/em><\/p>\n

Bill Simmons<\/a> (@BillSimmons<\/a>) posted the front\/back cover photo<\/a>\u00a0(listing contributors) on Facebook that’s used on Grantland’s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n[tweet\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/composerjk\/status\/435825422677180419 width=”150″ align=”right”]\n

If the list of contributors on the back cover is complete, it looks like the compilation did not include Bess Kalb<\/a>‘s (@bessbell<\/a>) Grantland article on John Burgeson,\u00a0The Lost Founder of Baseball Video Games: A tale of obsession, punch cards, and a ’60s computer the size of a hatchback<\/em><\/a>. Given the use of my IBM 1403 inspired typeface<\/a> on the cover, it would’ve been fitting to include the article (even if not directly related to the analytics revolution).<\/p>\n

Links about the book & font:<\/p>\n