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(x) thin sans constructivist "Technique" - Penny Farthing {Mark S}
Posted by jonathanlawley in
30 Dec 2005 — 11:32am
30 Dec 2005 — 11:32am
What is this? What types would give me a similar result?
Thank you
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30 Dec 2005 — 11:56am
You could achieve siilar results using almost any thin sans serif. There is no font that does what your sample does - it's obviously done by hand.
30 Dec 2005 — 1:02pm
Believe it or not, this really is a font, a very obscure Letraset font from 1974 called Penny Farthing. This may be the first time I've seen it used outside a Letraset catalog. It was dropped after a few years and I don't know of any digital version. Here is a scan from the brochure in which it was introduced:
30 Dec 2005 — 1:50pm
Awesome ID, Dude.. I mean Mark.. :)
( I am still deciding if I think this is one of the best typography related things Ive ever seen, yet, or one of the worst.. :) 'Avant Garde's little sister.. Grooovy, Baby.. :)
Dav
30 Dec 2005 — 2:03pm
I thought it was pretty dumb when I first saw it way back when. A solution looking for a problem. I still think so. Avant Garde it ain't.
30 Dec 2005 — 4:25pm
Everything old is new again -- check out the cover lines of this new men's fashion magazine. Not the same font, but it uses the same stacked letter approach.
30 Dec 2005 — 5:48pm
Wow, Mark. I'm impressed. I eat my words (with ketchup)
3 Jan 2006 — 10:00am
Seoul Stacking is an alternative for only five bucks.
- Lex
3 Jan 2006 — 10:09am
It's pretty amazing how much of an Eastern feel the type gets just stacking some of the letters as in 'Seoul Stacking'
10 Jan 2006 — 5:25pm
I don't know what to be afraid of more, Mark or that font.
> Seoul Stacking
Now that's a goddam cool idea - pardon my Korean. And if it were anybody else but me you might be shocked to hear this, but: this might actually be an avenue of increasing readability.
hhp