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Typographic Tattoos??

... tatoo'd up his forearm in approx. 140pt Copperplate Gothic. Earlier this year he got bored with the typeface and had the design ... bit when we're talking about JFP though, that's totally not him. Hmm. Should I or should I not post here. I'll ...

Forum topic - Hildebrant - 4 Sep 2003 - 7:14pm - 106 comments - 0 attachments

20 most important type designers of all time

... list (still incomplete - and uh, more than 20!) Tim: I totally see your point of making more categories. But still I like the idea to ... too French to really be a world-wide success. AvantGarde Gothic was a sensation when it came out, but nobody would call it a good ...

Forum topic - Brown Fox - 8 Jan 2007 - 10:25am - 72 comments - 0 attachments

Faithful revivals from early printed pages

... I first posted real results from this method: Christian Gothic . In that thread, you'll find a bunch of sample images, a heated ... > analysis that we can also apply to the subject. Totally. And maybe it's this extra burden of thought that causes some people ...

Forum topic - George Horton - 4 Apr 2006 - 9:58am - 179 comments - 0 attachments

Nazi Taint - Redirect from: Design >> Overused Typefaces

... the influence for the the first typefaces. The "gothic" style of lettering (i.e., texturas) probably developed in ... subculture. I think it needs to be used for something totally unexpected if it is ever going to be accepted again as a viable type ...

Forum topic - hrant - 12 Jun 2003 - 1:44pm - 96 comments - 0 attachments

Papyrus need to be put back in the tomb for a few decades.

... I may not be their target audience either!) Lauren, I totally agree that Lauren, I totally agree that Papyrus doesn't say ... feel the same way about i feel the same way about Bank Gothic. i think it's a great face with a good history, but is so overused, it ...

Forum topic - alchion - 2 Jan 2006 - 4:43pm - 73 comments - 1 attachment

Must Have Collection

... design for print and screen as a whole would end up with a totally different list.</font> Andreas, I agree - I am not ... would include Din, Meta, FF Bau, FF Unit, Copperplate Gothic, Sabon, Gil Sans, Jenson, Fairfield, Octavian, and Transit ...

Forum topic - mike gastin - 18 Dec 2004 - 7:50am - 38 comments - 0 attachments

Paul Renner and Futura: The Effects of Culture, Technology, and Social Continuity On the Design of Type for Printing

... The "ball and post" r is ambiguous: where you see Gothic, I see Bodoni. In any case, Renner's stated aim with r, as well as with ... contingency to their place and moment of creation." I totally agree. I always think about a font embedded in its historical epoche. I ...

Forum topic - Charles Leonard - 23 Feb 2006 - 4:57pm - 55 comments - 0 attachments

The Mystery of Steile Futura (Topic)

... was a type in the well-known lettering genre of "block gothic". > why waste a good brand > why waste a good brand name. ... example Mann's Krull, a contemporaneous work, which is so totally unexpected from just that hand. No doubt there are many much better ...

Forum topic - Stephen Coles - 11 Aug 2007 - 11:49am - 149 comments - 0 attachments

ANALYSIS FACTORY logo

... the room, however up close and personal it seems to have a totally different feel. Cheers James I agree with about the VAG. ... good job.. I recommend using a font similar to "century gothic" instead of the rounded edges font u r usin'... I’m a little ...

Forum topic - lorenk - 13 Nov 2006 - 7:24am - 32 comments - 1 attachment

Timberwolves typeface - similar to Walshes {Tom DeForest, self}

... That "Buccaneers" is a rip-off of Licko's "Totally Gothic". Somebody should tell them to pull it off the site. hhp ...

Forum topic - graficartist - 3 Jan 2010 - 2:39pm - 7 comments - 0 attachments