Letterform ArchiveSeymour Chwast, Bestial Bold, Push Pin Graphic, No. 84: Not Quite Human Issue, Push Pin Studios, New York, May/June 1980. Bestial Bold https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/84714/bestial-bold is an adaptation of Chwast’s typeface, Blimp https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/32748/chwast-blimp (Photo-Lettering, 1970); he simply added eyes and teeth.
“ⓊUncopyrighted 1980 by Push Pin Studios, Inc. Unauthorized use will be met with indifference.”
Bestial Bold in use
For Push Pin Graphic’s “Not Quite Human” issue (1980), Chwast adapted his typeface Blimp (1970) by adding creature-like eyes, and grinning teeth. Nick Curtis’ Weedy Beasties NF (used for sample) is based on Blimp and Bestial but is not a faithful (nor authorized, perhaps?) digitization. The ‘P’ is far too narrow, for example.
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