Typophile - Slab Serif circa 1940- Dreamland Theatre - Comments

Sorry about that. Didn’t

malbright — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:34:11 -0700

Sorry about that. Didn’t mean to do any hijacking. Just wanted to put some minds at ease, perhaps.

Cheers.

I declare this thread

Chipman223 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:59:51 -0700

I declare this thread hijacked.

Thanks for the suggestions Charles and Simon.

By the way, Letterhead Fonts

malbright — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:41:32 -0700

By the way, Letterhead Fonts no longer requires a special installer and all that junk—they scrapped that idea. But, there are two things Chuck does differently than most. One, they embed your name in the font so it can be tracked; and two, you need to convert their fonts to outlines before you send them off into the wilderness so they cannot be extracted from a pdf or otherwise pirated. Since most of their fonts are for display, I don’t see this as a huge hurdle, and if it keeps a small, wonderful foundry going, then so be it. Chuck, the proprietor, is a great guy and offers fantastic support. I think that it’s been very heartbreaking for him to see his fonts pirated all over the place. So I would say, don’t be wary of using Letterhead Fonts.

@ Charles I Assumed it

Chipman223 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:09:03 -0700

@ Charles
I Assumed it probably was handlettered. Unfortunately, the time table doesn’t allow me to redesign it. I guess I should have emphasized the “updated” part more. The part i love most is the All talking, All singing, All dancing. We’re going to try to convince them to keep it on the marquee. The photograph itself was dated circa 1940-44, so i guess the movies back that up!

@Simon
Those are indeed some great retro fonts. Thanks!

I commented on the other thread about Letterfonts, but any more suggestions would be appreciated.

You might also look at Colin

Charles Leonard — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:04:24 -0700

You might also look at Colin Brignall’s Italia.

Yeah, JH. That’s the

Jan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:59:56 -0700

Yeah, JH. That’s the thread I got it from.
And yes, they do great fonts. But I wouldn’t buy any from them.

I have read the article and

jazzhustler — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:49:47 -0700

I have read the article and knew about this ages ago, but it doesn’t make any difference to the fact that they do great fonts.

read this - http://typophile.com/node/44314

Of course it was hand

Charles Leonard — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:48:33 -0700

Of course it was hand lettered. The irregularity of the repeated letters shows that. The charm of the sign is in the uneven spacing and stroke modulations. I don’t have any face suggestions other than reviewing older type catalogs and seriously considering drawing your own version. The films are circa 1945. Bon chance.

Letterheadfonts? Read this!

Jan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:57:17 -0700

Letterheadfonts?

Read this!

www.letterheadfonts.com is

jazzhustler — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:48:32 -0700

www.letterheadfonts.com is always a good bet as far as 20th century fonts are concerned.

Slab Serif circa 1940- Dreamland Theatre

Chipman223 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:34:20 -0700

Hi, I’m looking for this really really old typeface (DREAMLAND THEATER). It may very well be custom/handlettered and non-existent now. My company is designing an identity package for them (post-renovations), and they want something that kind of throws back to this, but not a copy. Currently, I’m using Fairplex Wide in my sketches. I would appreciate any suggestions as well.