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Blackletter Type Suggestions for Branding
Hi all. I'm currently in the process of branding a company (Loa Creative) and wanted to get a few suggestions on a nice, strong blackletter face that has that "feel". I've been looking at a few 19th Century medicine labels (friend is a fanatical collector of them) and noticed that A LOT of them promoted themselves via blackletter faces. I was looking for a face that encompassed something archaic, but still familiar. I'm not particularly looking for legibilty, as it will be used in conjuction with symbols used in the vodoun religion (hense the name Loa). Any suggestions?? Thanks!
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13 Jul 2007 — 10:23am
fakir
13 Jul 2007 — 10:27am
Fakir is good. FF Brokenscript is also simple enough that it avoids the legibility issues with other blacketters in the modern world.
13 Jul 2007 — 10:41am
Not blackletter, but…
http://www.stormtype.com/typefaces-fonts-shop/families-26-libcziowes
13 Jul 2007 — 11:24am
Darka, which you can see here with links, is wild and mysterious--seems like just the ticket.
13 Jul 2007 — 12:31pm
i think Tiptoe has the feel of black letter, even though it's not a black letter.
13 Jul 2007 — 3:07pm
I really like Darka Will, but I want to stay within the tie genre of 19th century "side show potions". You know the kind...."Drink this and you'll be able to fly and have the strength of 100 elephants"...kinda thing. I really like Black Pearl and also Archive School Text. Any more suggestions along these lines? I really appreciate the comments everyone!!
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13 Jul 2007 — 3:16pm
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/storm/plagwitz/
13 Jul 2007 — 3:46pm
William - Darka is really cool - thanks for the link.
pbc
14 Jul 2007 — 8:11am
Hey all, thanks for all the suggestions. I think this is more than a good enough base for me to start concepting. I'll post the mark as soon as I'm done creating it!! Love, peace, and afro-grease!
MB
"....just saying "Z-space" raises your IQ by at least 40 points....."
17 Jul 2007 — 12:22am
Take a look at Sibyl schwabacher. Sibyl is brand spanking new, just released a few hours ago. Woolworths UK want to use it for their halloween campaign.
Sibyl is well-suited to branding applications.
j a m e s
17 Jul 2007 — 12:51am
Sibyl looks great, James.