Fonts by decade
I’m creating some period artwork and I want to make sure my type is period accurate. Does anyone have a good resource for determining what year certain fonts were created?
I’m creating some period artwork and I want to make sure my type is period accurate. Does anyone have a good resource for determining what year certain fonts were created?
12.Jan.2006 8.46am
FontBook
Published by FontShop International, and due for a new version soon.
That will give you digital era.
American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century
Published by Oak Knoll
Printing Types
By Daniel Berkeley Updike
That will take you right back
12.Jan.2006 8.47am
MyFonts has a design date data for many fonts. Just do a search.
12.Jan.2006 10.51am
I’ve been wanting such a database for a while. Unfortunately, I’ve had to resort to researching the individual faces, which can be tedious, however useful and enriching.
12.Jan.2006 11.29am
http://www.identifont.com is a fast way to find such.
Héctor
12.Jan.2006 1.25pm
I use identifont too.