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Foundry Sterling
Posted by Stephen Coles in
17 Apr 2002 — 12:58pm
17 Apr 2002 — 12:58pm
So, I just got my Eye 43. What of The Foundry's new
Sterling? True to their ritual of catching trends a year or
two late, Quay and Sack now mimic Takard's Bliss.
Funny to see a Tankard ad just 2 pages later. A pity
it's for the new Shaker weights or one could have in
their lap a handy printed comparison of Bliss/Sterling.
First note: The Foundry's brit face is missing that
adorable tailed lc 'l'.
Sterling: http://www.thefoundrystudio.co.uk/sterlingpreview.html
Bliss: http://www.typography.net/type/bliss.htm
Stephen
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17 Apr 2002 — 3:05pm
It's a Foundry thing, it seems.
hhp
17 Apr 2002 — 5:13pm
Fine point, marcox. Their retakes on existing
designs aren't always a step down. Monoline is
a great example.
Stephen
17 Apr 2002 — 5:41pm
In fact I'd say they're usually a step up!
It's just that revivals (especially of stuff that just got made...) turn me off.
Which might explain why favorite Foundry font is Form. Forsooth.
hhp
30 Apr 2002 — 1:57pm
So did Quay get sacked, or did Sack get thrown off the quay? ;-)
Anyway, that's news to me too. I knew about the geography difference, but thought they just had a long-distance thing going on. "My cable modem saved my marriage!"
hhp
30 Apr 2002 — 11:51pm
Heh. Thanks for the correction, anon.
Who's responsible for all the new designs
then, just Freda?
Stephen
17 Apr 2002 — 4:47pm
I wouldn't say The Foundry is always behind the times. Didn't Foundry Monoline help revive interest in the super ellipse? Surely it's a good thing to see a little less of Eurostile...
30 Apr 2002 — 1:48pm
Speaking of catching trends a year or two late scoles, there has not been any Quay and Sack since their split at least that far back. He's now in NYC, she's got the studio in London.
2 May 2002 — 2:24pm
David is still a "consultant" to The Foundry. Last I heard he was living in Amsterdam, rather than New Amsterdam.