Archive through October 14, 2003

Grant Hutchinson
23 Sep 2003 — 9:09pm

Sorry for the delay...

What a character!

Howzabout dat?

beejay
24 Sep 2003 — 9:52am

>> Btw, is your nick a play on PJ Harvey?

yes. kinda sorta.

: information nobody really needs :

Harvey is a nickname that stretches back to
2nd grade...a English shortcut for people who couldn't
pronounce my last name, Jaramillo*. Started as Harmi.
Shortened to Harv.

bj, those would be my initials...when I was getting ready to
send Charles Anderson (Chank) some fonts two years ago
October, I was looking for a nickname, so bj harvey was the
obvious choice...Polly Jean, she rocks.

I since learned there are *lots* of bj harveys out there...
a football player, a poet, a councilwoman, a lion tamer...not me, btw.

: feeling stupid to share this stuff :
: resume the Pop Quiz :

bj

Grant Hutchinson
27 Sep 2003 — 10:07am

{ aaarrgh - double post }

Grant Hutchinson
27 Sep 2003 — 10:10am

Broadcasting live from ATypI Vancouver....

So, any takers on the current typeface in question?

g.

Grant Hutchinson
27 Sep 2003 — 12:00pm

Nope, sorry Yves. Another blind stab?

eomine
28 Sep 2003 — 6:20am

Filosofia?
Storm Walbaum?

Grant Hutchinson
29 Sep 2003 — 1:49pm

Nope.
And nope.

I'll post a bit more of the character once I get home. I don't have the source font here at work...

g.

Grant Hutchinson
29 Sep 2003 — 9:25pm

> Grant, I think everyone is scrambling like mad to get
> their last-minute Tee designs in just before deadline.

Excuses. Excuses.

> Can the typeface be viewed on paper?

Without giving too much away, I can say that it does *not* appear in either the first Indie Fonts book or the 1995 International TypeFounders hard cover tome.

Here's a slightly different view of the previous character.

hrant
7 Oct 2003 — 7:13pm

Is there a rule that says if nothing happens for a week anybody can barge in and take over? :->

hhp

mike_f
8 Oct 2003 — 12:42am

There ought to be, eh?

That, or Grant needs to post a few significant clues real soon.

Grant Hutchinson
8 Oct 2003 — 10:43am

Oh jeeze. All right then, no barging please.

The American-based designer of this face also runs his own publishing firm.

hawk
8 Oct 2003 — 12:04pm

fournier?

Grant Hutchinson
8 Oct 2003 — 3:42pm

Nope. It's not Fournier the typeface, the typefounder or the printer. The foundry which produced this typeface started in the 1990's.

zpunktled
8 Oct 2003 — 4:07pm

Elliot Peter Earls?

hawk
8 Oct 2003 — 4:18pm

...started in the 1990's" -

1. t-26 ( Carlos Segura & Scott Smith, 1993) ?

2. Carter ( 1981 co-founder Bitstream; 11 years later

beejay
8 Oct 2003 — 4:25pm

someone might try Red Rooster...which is....(clears throat) offered by Veer.

It looks very Stephenson/Blake-ish, old monotypish, Les Underwood-ish...or maybe not.

zpunktled
8 Oct 2003 — 4:34pm

can i interject a off-topix statement at this very point..?
how on earth do i change my account image?

Grant Hutchinson
8 Oct 2003 — 8:16pm

Nope. Nope. And nope. Hint: The windy city.

And here's another character to ponder.

Beedle, deedle, dee.

hrant
8 Oct 2003 — 8:21pm

Parma Typewriter by George Thompson.

hhp

mike_f
8 Oct 2003 — 10:35pm

Looks like you nailed it Hrant. Nice job.
In case Grant gets persnickety, it's
actually called Parma Type.

Grant Hutchinson
9 Oct 2003 — 10:41am

No persnicketiness on my part. Well done. I hand off the contest to Hrant.

hrant
9 Oct 2003 — 11:01am

Cool!
Finally, speed ovepowers quality.

--

A bonus if anybody figures out why I ran into this font: you'll get the Typophile "Handmade Book" I'll be getting after me. Unless you're on a small atoll in the Indian Ocean.

Notes:
1) Wrong answers will not get a "no". Unless they're wrong in an interesting way.
2) I'll be out of town from this afternoon until Sunday morning. I'll post the whole glyph (or maybe a juicy hint) when I get back if nobody has it by then.

hhp

eomine
9 Oct 2003 — 11:15am

It's not digital, right?
For now, I guess Caledonia.

nicolai
9 Oct 2003 — 11:18am

Looks a lot like something from Zapf Von Hesse
but I guess that

hrant
9 Oct 2003 — 11:31am

It is digital, but I think it started as phototype.

No comment on what character that is.

hhp

hawk
9 Oct 2003 — 12:03pm

dante italic?

eomine
9 Oct 2003 — 1:49pm

Hmm, it's still Latin right?
And, is it available for online preview?

hawk
9 Oct 2003 — 1:57pm

Claridge

eomine
9 Oct 2003 — 2:06pm

Seems like David got it...

matteson
9 Oct 2003 — 3:54pm

>why I ran into this font

I can only guess that you were looking for an 'f' as crippled as Sabon's? If that's right you should send your book to David - I've already got one coming and I'd never in a million year's have found Claridge.

hrant
11 Oct 2003 — 7:02pm

{You won't have to wait until tomorrow morning...}

Yes, David, you have it! Good job.

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/agfa/claridge/claridge/character/0067/CP2/

> you should send your book to David

Maybe if he had just tried to figure it out...

The reason is that in my old Agfa catalog it came right before "Clearface" which [also] has a wonderful "g" in the original metal version, and I was asking about it on the ATypI list... Too obscure, I know.

hhp