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Combining Gothic and Script
Posted by MattMac in
25 Feb 2010 — 1:48pm
25 Feb 2010 — 1:48pm
I'm working out a logotype for an individual who is committed to using a script font, but who's product directly references the middle ages. So...as a starting point, I'm wondering if anyone can suggest an example of a font that has effectively integrated Blackletter/Medieval/Gothic sensibilities into a fairly clear script font like "English Script."
Thanks,
Matt
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25 Feb 2010 — 1:52pm
Not a font, but related: http://jaggedmoss.com/
25 Feb 2010 — 2:11pm
Maybe something like Voluta Script?
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/voluta-script/
(found via this search: http://new.myfonts.com/search/blackletter+script)
Or maybe you could try to combine these two:
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/wiescherdesign/xylo-script/
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/wiescherdesign/ayres-royal/
and see what kind of unholy love-child could come out... ;-)
25 Feb 2010 — 3:51pm
Sounds like you need a French bâtarde. Not much to choose from in that sadly but understandably forgotten genre (which is devilishly hard to write), but have a look at Givry, TEFF Burgundica or perhaps David Aubert
26 Feb 2010 — 9:28am
Not a script, but:
http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/alcuin-lt/
26 Feb 2010 — 12:27pm
Hi All,
Great suggestions all 'round. Very much appreciated.
I've looked through them all and have begun a hybridized approach to a sort of 'regularized' Voluta Script and a thinned out David Aubert as a means to reconcile them. This 'new' thing I'm plugging into a similar but less swashy version altaira's "jagged moss" configuration. Just hand-sketched so far, but it's been surprisingly rewarding trying to bring the two styles/weights/epochs/etc together. Lots of complementary qualities.
Thanks again, very helpful and educational.
-Matt
26 Feb 2010 — 12:28pm
What about a civilité (e.g. P22 Civilité)?
André
27 Feb 2010 — 3:10am
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