Typophile - (x) The Fat Font Fad - list {Stephen} - Comments

Oh, my pleasure, you are

Renko — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:54:58 -0700

Oh, my pleasure, you are very welcome, Stewf.

Free: Bifurk. Thanks,

Stephen Coles — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:18:53 -0700

Free: Bifurk. Thanks, Rainer.

a whole site in this first

innovati — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:59:10 -0700

a whole site in this first font:

http://www.paulmorrisdesign.ca/

The Geist KNT & Geist RND

Serum — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:12:53 -0700

The Geist KNT & Geist RND are two good fat Fonts

Get them here: http://www.frede.net/geist.html

Fused

Xander — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:22:57 -0700

Fused

Snipped

Stephen Coles — Tue, 1 Apr 2008 08:10:55 -0700

Snipped

Psyops has Phalanx on

Sharon Van Lieu — Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:57:53 -0800

Psyops has Phalanx on Steroids

(I love Psyops)

Sharon

Thanks dude!

lordmek76 — Sat, 8 Mar 2008 06:40:28 -0800

Thanks dude!

Thanks for the great

Potatochimp — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:12:58 -0800

Thanks for the great responses!

Thanks for the addition and

Stephen Coles — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:43:34 -0800

Thanks for the addition and correction, boys.

Nice list, Stephen! FS Pele

Renaissance Man — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:00:50 -0800

Nice list, Stephen!

FS Pele is not free; it’s £125.00 for the family.

I’d add these, although some are not as FAT as those previously listed:

Antique Olive Nord aka Incised 901
Cooper Black
Gator (Canada Type)
Gill Sans Ultra Black
Goudy Heavyface
Goudy Stout
Gothic 821 aka Block Berthold Condensed
Magnum
Rosemary (Chank Diesel)
Univers Extra Black

Wouldn’t that be

baskervillebold — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:19:18 -0800

Wouldn’t that be considered early russian constructivist style type?

Looks very similar to a P22 typeface. P22 Constructivist Block

http://p22.com/products/constructivist_pro.html

Ladies and gentlemen, may we

Stephen Coles — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:24:52 -0800

Ladies and gentlemen,
may we present,
all new in 2007,
it’s the Fat Font Fad!

An ’80s throwback, counter-filled, constructivist, geometric, sausage revue, starring:

Black Boton Bold
Frank
Deuce
FS Pele
Mostra Black
Blocks
Alpha Bloc Sculpture
FF Extra
Unovis
Neutrino
Toch
NB Block
Acton
Bebit (Cyrillic version of Milton Glaser’s Baby Teeth)
Parkitecture
Wagner Silhouette
Rody and Lazar
Cooter
Douff
Chumbitos
Mostra Black
Kink
Ultrafat
Pound
P22 Constructivist
DF Strand

Free
Spokes
Disco Deck
Pacmania Normal
Fatti Patti (lame version of Baby Teeth)
Lovers Square
Pimp
Snipped

Custom
Non-Format created a bunch of these for their design work.
Sud Block

Soft and Round
Deuce Round
Copal
NB Rund
Umma Gommma
Gusto
Fatty
Milford
Corpulent
Disco Fat
BAQ Rounded

Other Variations
Sinaloa

Slab
Pump

(x) The Fat Font Fad - list {Stephen}

Potatochimp — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:08:02 -0800

Is there a name for this style of typeface? I see it a lot lately in magazines like idn. I’m wondering where I can get it aside from some of the shareware ones I see that have a few problems.