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Looking for a Jazz age look Font
Posted by efsania in
19 May 2007 — 10:35am
19 May 2007 — 10:35am
My current project is promoting a Jazz Festival. Concept of this festival's poster is creating harmony using both typography and abstract images. I want to express "rhythm" feeling with typography so that i've been looking through typefaces. I've found "Fitzgerald Black" but it's not Bold enough for my poster design idea. Any suggestion for this Jazz Rhythm look typeface?
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19 May 2007 — 11:30am
well, you could start with the obvious 'jazz', which comes installed on a lot of macs, grotesque sans serifs were popular as well, plus fonts like neuland and berlin... google for 'jazz posters' for layout and colour ideas, or go to amazon and look for cd covers... http://www.jazzposters.com/ has a lot of stuff as well...
19 May 2007 — 12:28pm
Your setting has about as much rhythm as a drunk amputee - sorry.
One thing that springs to mind is Ellington:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/ellington/ _
(Read the description.)
hhp
20 May 2007 — 6:23am
That really helps. Thanks very much.
13 Sep 2007 — 7:05am
Hi is this trad jazz, fusion or free jazz or a mixture of all. One of my favourite posters of all time is a black and white poster with a trumpet vertically with the names of the players coming from it.
This might help
http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2003/m_renault-p1.php
you also might want to look at saul bass too.
best of luck, I love jazz
13 Sep 2007 — 7:13am
http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2003/m_renault-p1.php
That was a nice way to start the day.
: )