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(x) Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/Sparta - ITC Avant Garde Gothic w/ Alt {Tiffany}
Posted by JeffPeppers in
10 Apr 2007 — 11:34am
10 Apr 2007 — 11:34am
i've tried looking this up and its probably somewhere on this board but..
what's this one? seems as is a number of bands are grabbing hold of it
im in my first type class, so the terminology isnt entirely in my grasp
"angular"? ha.
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10 Apr 2007 — 11:45am
Avant Garde + Alternates
10 Apr 2007 — 11:59am
thank you
i feel silly now, but more informed
10 Apr 2007 — 5:04pm
More examples of Avant Garde Gothic Alts
10 Apr 2007 — 7:02pm
yea, i was crushin pretty hard at first, (angular alternates for A and M)
but now i've seen it used enough
it feels like rounded fonts being abused and considered "2.0"
thanks for the immediate help!
11 Apr 2007 — 1:21am
'Rounded' would be type with 'soft' endings, eg VAG Rounded.
Avant Garde is a 'Geometric sans' (but what do I know — type classification is a fiercely disputed field of science).
11 Apr 2007 — 2:04am
Hehehe, I just had this discussion with Stephen a couple of days ago -- whether to call typefaces with rounded stroke endings "rounded" or "soft". :^)
11 Apr 2007 — 8:38am
Soft is certainly less ambiguous, so I'll try to use it more often. But Rounded isn't so bad, as many soft styles of fonts have "Rounded" in their name. Rounded for geometrics, though, really doesn't work. If anything, "round" would be more accurate, but still not very good.
25 Apr 2007 — 6:06pm
oh oh.. i didnt mean this particular type was rounded, im just saying that i see it used frequently lately :)
25 Apr 2007 — 9:27pm
yea i just posted a topic about this yesterday lol
26 Apr 2007 — 1:43am
'VAG Soft' ???
26 Apr 2007 — 11:52am
Yeah, but isn't "Rounded" almost as vague? Maybe "Sausage" is the answer.