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Appropriate typeface for 15th century Gothic-Renaissance castle?
Posted by Dan B. in
6 Apr 2012 — 1:50am
6 Apr 2012 — 1:50am
I'm talking about Hunyad / Hunedoara Castle in Hundedoara, Romania. Information about the castle: in English; in German (more detailed).
Please visit this page for other photos of the place.
We're looking for appropriate typefaces to be used for display purposes in a branding project. "Appropriate" could mean inspired from that era / matches certain motifs from the buildings / etc.
Here are two typefaces we're considering: JAF Herb and Harbour. Do you think these are appropriate for the period? Do you see any weaknesses in the way they are constructed? (I simply don't have the expertise to tell, so any help here would be very much appreciated.)
Feel free to add your own type suggestions. Thanks in advance.
PS: This isn't my project. I'm helping my brother with a bit of research for his final school project.
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6 Apr 2012 — 4:29am
Herb (http://www.typophile.com/node/75367) is a wonderful typeface, but I'm not sure how well it could work as a display one.
What about a typeface that looks historical but actually isn't?
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/andreas-stotzner/rosenbaum/
6 Apr 2012 — 6:02am
Litteratra accompanied by Grotext for long texts.
6 Apr 2012 — 6:37am
For the display component something like Litteratra seems great, but when it comes to text there's no need to be too literal (which doesn't mean a sans would be ideal) so I might suggest a Fleischmann here.
hhp
6 Apr 2012 — 8:12am
Or perhaps a Janson, considering Miklós Kis was Transylvanian too? :)
6 Apr 2012 — 12:37pm
Thanks all for your suggestions. Litteratra is brilliant! I do agree it would look great paired with Grotext. Too bad the latter doesn't have italics (yet?). Rosembaun is quite interesting too.
Hrant, is that DTL Fleischmann? Beautiful, but pricey, no? I can't even find the price on their site.
Birdseeding — I see what you did there :)
6 Apr 2012 — 12:49pm
There's actually no proper Fleischmann yet.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56183109@N02/6999604241/in/photostream/
Second piece here: http://www.typographer.org/2005_06_01_digests.html
hhp
6 Apr 2012 — 6:26pm
Corvinus Skyline
8 Apr 2012 — 7:01am
J Weltin (and all), would you recommend something similar to Grotext that has italics as well? What do you all think of Calluna Sans? Thanks.
EDIT: also: Ideal Sans?
8 Apr 2012 — 7:05am
Oh, for display, maybe this:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/infonta/amalta/
For the text, why go generic-sans?
hhp
8 Apr 2012 — 10:27am
It's not my decision, obviously, but I think my brother would say the same thing: with the display type having so much character, the regular copy should probably be less "in your face"?
Amalta is quite nice. Added to the list. A pairing with Calluna (the serif, this time), would be nice, no?
8 Apr 2012 — 10:41am
> the regular copy should probably be less "in your face"?
1) It depends how expressive/reserved you want the whole to be.
2) At text sizes this sort of happens automatically.
hhp